Field Engineer, SWAT

Astronomer

Field Engineer, SWAT delivering technical solutions for customers using Astronomer’s DataOps platform. Guide complex customers in their Apache Airflow journeys while collaborating across teams.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAnsibleApacheCloudDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGoKubernetesOpenShiftPrometheusPythonTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implement Astronomer’s software and services in the core of some of the world’s largest businesses and organizations.
Guide our largest and most complex customers in their Apache Airflow journeys
Act as the core interface between the Customer, Sales, and Product to ensure that the broader solution around the platform is solving pain points and bringing value to customers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong Kubernetes experience (GKE/EKS/AKS or OpenShift preferred)
Expertise in at least one programming language.
Good understanding of network complexities and architectures
Versatile Terminal and CLI user, this will be a hands-on role, frequently without access to a GUI
Experience setting up and troubleshooting distributed systems
Experience with complex SaaS infrastructure operating at scale
Experience with at least one major cloud provider API/tooling
Ability to read code
Work effectively with git
Cloud-native data architecture experience
Strong customer facing skills
Strong oral and written communications skills - should be able to explain complex technical issues to non-technical folks succinctly
Bonus points if you have:
- Prior experience using or administering Apache Airflow, Autosys, UC4, Temporal, Dagster, or Prefect
- Proficiency in Python/Go.
- Enterprise data experience with or in regulated environments
- Experience with scripting/automation specifically infra (Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- 5+ years experience in a data engineering role or equivalent
- 3+ years in a customer-facing role
- Experience with ElasticSearch/Prometheus/Vault

Benefits

Comp & perks

We value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesApache AirflowPythonGoSaaS infrastructuredistributed systemscloud-native data architecturescriptingautomationElasticSearch

Soft Skills

customer facing skillsoral communicationwritten communicationproblem solving