Field Engineer, SWAT

About the role

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life. We are the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and power data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Skills

• Strong customer facing skills
• Strong oral and written communications skills

Benefits

• The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $175,000 - $240,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.

Pay

• The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $175,000 - $240,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.

Schedule

• The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $175,000 - $240,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

• The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $175,000 - $240,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package.