# Senior Solutions Architect - Airflow

**Company:** [Astronomer](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astronomer)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $190k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** apache airflow, Python, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD, Infrastructure As Code, Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, BigQuery, amazon redshift
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Leads customer architecture engagements for deploying and scaling Airflow and Astro, designing cloud-native data platforms and guiding migrations, troubleshooting, and technical decisions. Requires 8+ years in data, platform engineering, or solution architecture plus strong Python, SQL, cloud, and stakeholder leadership experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead architecture reviews, workshops, and technical design sessions with engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
- Design end-to-end platform architectures integrating Airflow with cloud infrastructure, compute frameworks, and data platforms.
- Review delivery work for scalability, observability, security, and operational excellence.
- Diagnose and resolve issues; guide customers through deployments, migrations, and platform modernization.
- Build reusable tools, frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices to improve delivery quality.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or solution architecture.
- Expertise authoring and deploying Airflow DAGs to production, monitoring execution, and troubleshooting failures.
- Experience tuning Airflow performance, refactoring DAG code, right-sizing infrastructure, and implementing data quality checks and alerts.
- Experience guiding customers through platform deployments, migrations, or technical transformations, including managing scope, timelines, and stakeholder conflicts.
- Strong background designing cloud-native data platforms on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, with familiarity with enterprise networking, security, and identity patterns.
- Programming experience with Python and SQL.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, BigQuery, or Redshift.
- Track record leading architecture discussions and driving technical decisions with engineering leaders and executive stakeholders.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into scalable, production-ready architectures.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Estimated salary range: **$190,000–$250,000**, based on leveling and geography.
- Equity component and comprehensive benefits package.
- Customer engagements are primarily remote; occasional travel may be required for conferences and team on-sites.

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