# Senior Software Engineer, Core Platform

**Company:** [Astronomer](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astronomer)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $210k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Kubernetes, SQL, Postgres, google spanner, Distributed Systems, nalsd, apache airflow, Claude, Cursor, gemini
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Build and evolve scalable backend systems powering Astro’s public API, authentication, billing, alerting, and core infrastructure. The role requires Go, Kubernetes, SQL database, and distributed systems experience, with opportunities to work across platform architecture and customer-facing features.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Contribute to the architecture and implementation of Astro Platform core systems and components.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user requirements and deliver product features.
- Work with frontend developers, product management, and customers to deliver customer-facing features, including public APIs and infrastructure supporting Astro.
- Improve platform usability, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

## Requirements
- Track record of building performant, scalable, and reliable backend systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative mindset.
- Experience developing services with Go.
- Experience interacting with dependencies and orchestrating services on Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with SQL databases, especially PostgreSQL.
- Advanced understanding of distributed systems concepts and NALSD.
- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants and large language models such as Claude, Cursor, and Gemini for prototyping, automated testing, code refactoring, and documentation.

## Nice-to-haves
- Contributions to open-source projects.
- Experience with Apache Airflow or related workflow orchestrators.
- Experience with billing, authentication, and related systems and practices.
- Experience with Google Spanner.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Estimated salary range: **$210,000–$250,000 USD annually**, based on leveling and geography.
- Equity component and comprehensive benefits package.

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