Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 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®. They are seeking a Software Engineer to join their Astro Core Services team, focusing on developing core systems that ensure the platform is reliable, scalable, and maintainable.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Astro Platform's architecture and components, with guidance from senior engineers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements, implement and iterate on features used by the engineering org as a whole
• Work with front end developers, product management and customers to deliver customer facing features such as public facing APIs and UI experiences
• Learn and apply best practices for building reliable, scalable platform software
• Contribute to the overall platform usability, reliability, and scalability

Skills

• An interest in building performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Exposure to at least one backend programming language (Go, Python, Java, etc.) through coursework, internships, or personal projects
• Familiarity with SQL databases
• Foundational understanding of distributed systems concepts
• Familiarity with software development best practices, such as code reviews, testing, version control, and debugging
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants and LLMs (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Gemini) to accelerate development — from prototyping and automated testing to code refactoring and documentation
• Internship or co-op experience in a software engineering role
• Contributions to open source projects
• Experience with Go specifically
• Experience with Apache Airflow or related workflow orchestrators

Benefits

• Equity component
• Comprehensive benefits package

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