Senior Software Engineer - Build, NYC
AstronomerResponsibilities
- Design and engineer components of Astronomer’s context layer for data modeling, semantic search, retrieval, and code generation.
- Build applied AI systems using LLMs, embeddings, and retrieval techniques for data practitioners and developer tools.
- Solve information retrieval and search problems at global scale using knowledge of data pipelines.
- Collaborate with R&D and product teams to turn early research concepts into product experiences.
- Influence the architecture and technical vision for AI-driven data products.
- Represent Astronomer through open-source contributions, technical talks, and publications.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of software engineering experience with Python or Go.
- Experience with LLMs, vector databases, embeddings, or other applied AI areas, or a strong desire to learn them.
- Interest in improving data professionals’ workflows and comfort with early-stage product development and ambiguity.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex systems to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience or interest in search, information retrieval, large-scale data infrastructure, developer tools, machine learning infrastructure, or agentic systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with Apache Airflow or other orchestration tools and demonstrated open-source contributions are preferred.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work model requiring at least three days per week in the New York City office.
- Equity component and comprehensive benefits package.
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About Astronomer
Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, AI, and software to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified orchestration platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 900 of the world’s leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io Apache® and Apache Airflow® are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other countries. No endorsement by the Apache Software Foundation is implied by the use of these marks. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.