Astronomer
Sales Engineer
$200K–$250K
New York City · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 3–10 years total experience, including 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role (Sales Engineering, Solutions Architect, etc.).
About the job
Leads technical sales engagements, helping prospects and customers design and adopt data workflows through discovery, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and architecture discussions.
What you'll do
- Partner with Account Executives on discovery, demos, proofs of concept, and architecture discussions; connect customer needs to business-value-focused technical solutions.
- Build tailored demonstrations and proofs of concept using Python, Airflow, and related tools; advise on DataOps strategies.
- Share customer feedback with product teams and collaborate on go-to-market strategy.
What they ask for
- Python fluency, CLI comfort, and experience building with tools such as Docker.
- Familiarity with cloud-native data architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and data engineering workflows, including orchestration, ELT/ETL, DAGs, and CI/CD.
- Exposure to Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, dbt, or similar platforms.
- Strong communication skills across technical and business stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience with observability or Kubernetes, or helping teams scale modern data stacks.
Pay
$200,000 - $250,000 total compensation (total pay)
Tools
Python, Docker, AWS, GCP, Azure, Airflow, Snowflake, Databricks
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