Senior Software Engineer (Python) - India

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is 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 powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io .

About the job

This role will be part of Astronomer’s open-source engineering team, focused on implementing new Airflow features and components. As a member of the team, you’ll be at the forefront of the industry as we continue to make Apache Airflow the de facto standard for data orchestration.

Your focus will be on identifying, designing, developing, and implementing open-source software that improves the experience of data practitioners using Airflow.

Ideally, you’re someone who enjoys innovating, thinking big, and contributing directly to the success of Airflow. You should be comfortable working in a remote, distributed environment, actively promote knowledge sharing, and be open to collaborating with other teams to broaden your domain knowledge and impact.

You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with developers and committers from the Apache Airflow project, a thriving open-source community with thousands of contributors around the world.

What You Get To Do

Designing and implementing new Airflow features and components.

Improving the performance and resiliency of Airflow

Iterating and improving on Airflow’s developer experience

Improve code quality, test coverage and reduce test runtime

Encouraged to participate in the Airflow community(via Slack, mailing list and GitHub)

Work closely with team members to deliver high-quality results.

Liaise with customers, troubleshooting issues and providing solutions

Contribute to the Airflow Ecosystem and steward the open-source community

Promote new Airflow features at conferences and events

What You Bring To The Role

Proven experience as a Python developer with 5+ years of experience

Demonstrated ability to think creatively and explore new ideas

Experience in troubleshooting complex issues

Strong knowledge of building scalable and distributed systems

A proactive approach to learning and staying updated with industry trends

Good at writing unit tests, and an appreciation of different forms of automated testing

Recognize the importance of cooperation and encourage it by being a good listener, sharing information, and offering support and feedback

Communication skills that allow you to know what to say and, more importantly, how to say it in various mediums (Github, Slack, Zoom, email, pair programming sessions)

Bonus points if you have:

Experience with Apache Airflow in production environments

Data Engineering experience

Contributions to Open Source projects

Knowledge of Kubernetes & Docker

Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines

Experience with Claude Code or similar agentic tooling

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