Senior Software Engineer – Applications

Astronomer

. Design and build microservices and APIs that power the Control Plane (Node.js, Go, Python) and manage the lifecycle of Airflow environments (provisioning, configuration, scaling, upgrades) .

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLNode.jsPostgresPythonReactSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build microservices and APIs that power the Control Plane (Node.js, Go, Python) and manage the lifecycle of Airflow environments (provisioning, configuration, scaling, upgrades)
Develop customer-facing features and UI components using React that make complex systems intuitive and easy to use
Own features end-to-end, from concept to production across APIs, backend services, and frontend interfaces
Build systems that orchestrate environment lifecycle management, including deploys, upgrades, configuration changes, and operational workflows
Partner with product managers, designers, and customers to translate real-world needs into impactful product capabilities
Improve the usability, performance, and reliability of the platform with a strong focus on customer experience
Contribute to system design and architecture decisions for control plane services, including APIs, authentication, multi-tenancy, observability, and service interactions
Collaborate with platform/infrastructure teams, while maintaining primary ownership of services and product features
Help define best practices for how engineers build and extend application services on Astro Private Cloud

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience with strong ownership of building and shipping production systems end-to-end
Strong experience building backend services or microservices using Node.js
Experience with Golang or Python
Experience building or contributing to modern frontend applications (React.js or similar), or willingness to do so
Experience working in cloud-native environments (Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure)
Solid understanding of system design, APIs, and distributed systems
Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams and influence decisions
Experience designing systems and clearly communicating architecture, such as diagrams and design docs
Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or MySQL
Experience working with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Ability to balance technical excellence with product thinking and customer needs
Experience with security best practices across the full stack, including API controls (rate limiting, auth), Kubernetes (RBAC, Kyverno/OPA), secrets management, and container security
Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., code generation, debugging, or productivity tools) to improve engineering velocity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity component
comprehensive benefits package

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Hard Skills & Tools

Node.jsGoPythonReactmicroservicesAPIsSQLKubernetesAWSCI/CD

Soft Skills

strong ownershipcommunicationcollaborationinfluence decisionsproduct thinkingcustomer experiencesystem designarchitecture communicationtechnical excellenceusability improvement