Astronomer
Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform
$210K–$250K
New York City · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
About the job
Build and maintain Astro’s core platform systems, including its public API, authentication, billing, and alerting, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and usability.
What you'll do
- Contribute to platform architecture and implement core components.
- Work with cross-functional teams to develop and iterate on features for customers and internal engineering teams.
- Improve platform usability, reliability, and scalability.
What they ask for
- Track record building performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems.
- Experience developing services with Go and working with dependencies and service orchestration on Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with SQL databases, including Postgres.
- Advanced understanding of distributed systems concepts and NALSD.
Nice to have
- Contributions to open source projects.
- Experience with Apache Airflow or related workflow orchestrators, or with billing and authentication systems.
Pay
$210,000 - $250,000 USD total compensation
Tools
Go, Kubernetes, SQL, Postgres, Spanner, Apache Airflow, Claude, Cursor
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants and LLMs such as Claude, Cursor, and Gemini for prototyping, automated testing, code refactoring, and documentation.
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