Astronomer

Staff Software Engineer, Observability

Astronomer

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $230,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Lead the end-to-end architecture and evolution of major platform components, making foundational design decisions that will shape the long-term direction of the observability platform.
  • Build scalable, reliable, and performant features that provide visibility into customer data pipelines.
  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to define and deliver high-impact initiatives.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code while following best practices in testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence.
  • Set and champion engineering standards for code quality, testing, design, and operational excellence across the team.
  • Help improve and evolve the observability platform’s tooling, infrastructure, and processes.
  • Lead and coordinate responses to complex production incidents, guiding the team towards rapid resolution and long-term improvements.
  • Proactively identify technical opportunities, risks, and gaps - and drive initiatives to address them.
  • Mentor engineers of all levels through design reviews, pairing, and feedback, and contribute to the professional growth of the team.

Requirements

  • Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, and stream processing.
  • Hands-on experience designing, developing, and scaling production infrastructure.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams.
  • Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions.
  • Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture and supporting the growth of teammates.
  • Comfort working in areas of high ambiguity, able to break down open-ended problems and drive them to completion with clarity and structure.
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Hard Skills & Tools
GolangPythonKubernetesSQLOLAP databasesstream processingdistributed systemsproduction infrastructureCI/CDtesting
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationmentoringproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillscustomer focusadaptabilityteamworkinclusivity