Astronomer

Field Engineer, SWAT

Astronomer • $90K — $130K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in a data engineering role or equivalent
  • 3+ years in a customer-facing role
  • Strong experience with Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS or OpenShift preferred)
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably Python or Go
  • Good understanding of network complexities and architectures
  • Experience setting up and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • Cloud-native data architecture experience

Responsibilities

  • Implement Astronomer's software and services in major businesses
  • Guide customers through their Apache Airflow implementation
  • Act as a liaison between Customer, Sales, and Product teams
  • Diagnose and resolve technical issues during customer engagements
  • Facilitate the integration of cloud-native tools to streamline workflows

Benefits

  • Hybrid working environment
  • Opportunity to work with industry-leading technologies
  • Engage with top global enterprises
  • Support for continuous learning and professional growth
Full Job Description

About this role:

As a Field Engineer, SWAT, you will join our field team to deliver world-class technical solutions to customer and prospect business problems. In this role, you will be exposed to a wide range of use cases where Apache Airflow sits at the center of the solution.

The impacts you will make will enable customers to rapidly grow their businesses by adopting Astronomer products to meet their goals.

What you get to do:
  • Implement Astronomer's software and services in the core of some of the world's largest businesses and organizations.
  • Guide our largest and most complex customers in their Apache Airflow journeys
  • Act as the core interface between the Customer, Sales, and Product to ensure that the broader solution around the platform is solving pain points and bringing value to customers.


What you bring to the role:
  • Strong Kubernetes experience (GKE/EKS/AKS or OpenShift preferred)
  • Expertise in at least one programming language.
  • Good understanding of network complexities and architectures
  • Versatile Terminal and CLI user, this will be a hands-on role, frequently without access to a GUI
  • Experience setting up and troubleshooting distributed systems
  • Experience with complex SaaS infrastructure operating at scale
  • Experience with at least one major cloud provider API/tooling
  • Ability to read code
  • Work effectively with git
  • Cloud-native data architecture experience
  • Strong customer facing skills
  • Strong oral and written communications skills - should be able to explain complex technical issues to non-technical folks succinctly


Bonus points if you have:
  • Prior experience using or administering Apache Airflow, Autosys, UC4, Temporal, Dagster, or Prefect
  • Proficiency in Python/Go.
  • Enterprise data experience with or in regulated environments
  • Experience with scripting/automation specifically infra (Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
  • 5+ years experience in a data engineering role or equivalent
  • 3+ years in a customer-facing role
  • Experience with ElasticSearch/Prometheus/Vault


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About Astronomer

Astronomer is a software company that provides a platform for data engineering, integration, and management. The company was founded in 2015 by Ry Walker and Tim Brunk, and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Astronomer's platform allows businesses to collect, process, and analyze data from various sources, including cloud applications, databases, and APIs. The company's customers include Fortune 500 companies and startups in industries such as healthcare, finance, and e-commerce. Astronomer has raised over $23 million in funding from investors such as 8VC, Aspect Ventures, and Sierra Ventures.
Learn more about Astronomer
Size
50 employees
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Founded
2014
* Ladders Estimates

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