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# Software Engineer, Platform

- **Company:** Astronomer, Inc.
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $168,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Github, Python (Programming Language), Platform as a Service (PAAS), Prometheus, Software Organization, Circleci, Google Cloud, Istio, Kubernetes, Playwright, Splunk, Software Version Control, Golang
- **Published:** October 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/d0bdb502-911d-49b8-8e67-c1573b2b7bb7

## About the Role

* Strong experience in Non-Abstract Systems design and implementation.
 * Strong proficiency in Python, Golang and in-depth experience with Kubernetes (CKA or equivalent or greater).
 * Experience with observability principles and technologies, including SLI/SLO definition and tracking.
 * Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience in working with a globally distributed team in delivery.
 * A passion for reliability and operational excellence. A low tolerance for toil and other nonsense.
 * Ability to estimate the scope of work accurately and coordinate with stakeholders to address risks and ensure successful project delivery.
 * Experience with (and ideally strong opinions on) software development best practices, such as code review, testing, CI/CD, version control, automation and debugging.
 * Proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues, with a focus on ownership and accountability.

Bonus points if you have:

 * Experience working on a SaaS/PaaS product across multiple cloud providers.
 * Experience with our particular tech stack components and technologies (deep breath): CircleCI, Chronosphere (Prometheus), Splunk, Bazel, Istio, Playwright, Karpenter, Github [Actions] ...
 * Experience of the innards and quirks of AWS, Google Cloud Platform and (particularly) Azure.
 * Participated in an on-call rotation - this role involves periodic on-call for the services we own.
 * Experience with Apache Airflow.

## Description

+ Be an Owner: Be directly involved in decision-making on what we work on, as well as how we work on it. Make promises, and keep them.
 + Do Sensible Things: Be directly involved in determining how our platform works. Participate in incident management and determine sensible practices as the platform evolves.
 + Garage Door Open: Create and maintain comprehensive internal documentation for systems and processes, ensuring clarity and accessibility.