Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure
AstronomerJob Description
📋 Description Blaze a Trail: Own and develop our platform infra strategy; own outcomes. Be an Owner: Decide what we work on and how we work; keep promises. Do Sensible Things: Build vs buy assessments; advocate for right tools. Garage Door Open: Create docs; participate in architecture forums. Shape Astro, Observe, and IDE capabilities. 🎯 Requirements Distributed systems depth; model failure modes and backpressure. Kubernetes operator depth; operate clusters under real load. Strong Go proficiency; fluent production Go code. Multi-cloud experience across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Experience defining requirements and driving tech choices. Strong written/verbal communication; write design docs and postmortems. Bonus: Familiarity with Apache Airflow or workflow systems. 🎁 Benefits Impact Astro, Observe, and IDE platform capabilities. Work with a globally distributed team. Remote-friendly, flexible work environment. Build foundational platform tech at scale. Equal opportunity employer.