Software Engineer - Infra & Systems

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.

About This Role

Software Engineers in our Infrastructure and Systems teams help build and operate the platform underneath Astro — including Astronomer's multi-tenant cloud platform and Astro Private Cloud, our self-hosted distribution for Fortune 500s, financial institutions, and other regulated organizations that run Airflow inside their own private clouds or air-gapped data centers. The team owns the problems that keep that platform running at scale: provisioning, automation, reliability, security, and observability across Kubernetes, networking, cloud accounts (AWS/GCP/Azure), and CI/CD.

We're looking for a Software Engineer to help build and operate that infrastructure — on our multi-tenant cloud platform, on Astro Private Cloud, or both; your specific team will be determined later in the interview process based on need and fit. You'll get hands-on experience with Kubernetes, cloud networking, infrastructure-as-code, and production operations from day one — with the guidance of senior engineers as you build toward independent ownership. If you're early in your infrastructure career and want to learn by working on real, production-grade systems, this is the team for you. This posting covers both Software Engineer I and Software Engineer II — the level you're hired at depends on experience and demonstrated scope.

What You'll Do

• Write, test, and maintain infrastructure code and platform services — from Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Kubernetes manifests/operators, CI/CD pipelines) to backend services in Golang and/or TypeScript — following team standards.
• Participate in code and infrastructure-change reviews, growing your judgment on what "production-ready" looks like.
• Help operate and troubleshoot cloud resources, Kubernetes clusters, networking, and observability tooling — whether they run in a public cloud account or a self-managed/private cloud environment.
• Identify and fix bugs, misconfigurations, and small-scope incidents, with support from senior teammates.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture notes, and technical documentation for the systems you touch.
• Build working knowledge of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and Astronomer's platform architecture across both deployment models.
• Participate in on-call rotation, pairing with senior engineers to troubleshoot and resolve incidents.

What You'll Bring

• 0–4 years of experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering (or equivalent internship/coursework for Software Engineer I).
• Working knowledge of Linux fundamentals, networking basics, and at least one scripting/programming language (Python, Go, or Bash).
• Exposure to a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure) or an on-prem/private Kubernetes environment (e.g., OpenShift, bare-metal clusters). Familiarity with both cloud and on-prem is a plus, but not required.
• Comfortable with version control (Git) and automated testing practices.
• Clear written communication and a habit of documenting your work.
• Comfortable receiving feedback and iterating quickly.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes beyond the basics — e.g., writing operators/controllers, Helm charts, or debugging cluster-level issues.
• Familiarity with container image security fundamentals (e.g., identifying CVEs, minimal base images).
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow or other data-orchestration tools.

The estimated salary for this role ranges from $144,000 - $160,000 based on level and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. This range is merely an estimate; actual compensation may deviate based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

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