# Sales Engineer

**Company:** [Astronomer](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astronomer)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Sales Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** apache airflow, data orchestration, ELT, Git, RBAC, Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, Tableau, Python, cli
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Sales Engineer partnering with clients to design and demo data workflow solutions powered by Apache Airflow and Astro. Requires 2+ years in sales engineering or consulting in the data space, strong data engineering knowledge, and excellent communication skills.

## Job Description

## What you get to do
- Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions that help customers tackle real data challenges, from concept to production.
- Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to engineering teams, showing them how our platform can transform their workflows.
- Contribute to the Apache Airflow community by creating technical content and best practices.
- Act as a liaison by gathering field insights and providing critical feedback to the Product team to shape the future of our platform.
- Become an expert in Airflow, workflow orchestration, and the data engineering landscape as you collaborate across departments and work on impactful projects.

## What you bring to the role
- Familiarity with core data engineering concepts including orchestration, ELT, Git, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), with hands-on experience or working knowledge of Apache Airflow in a customer environment.
- 2+ years in a Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Consulting or similar role within the data space, ideally with experience in modern data tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, or Tableau.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
- A genuine desire to understand customer needs, patience, and empathy to support them through challenges.
- Eagerness to learn and experiment with new technical concepts, tools, and approaches to stay ahead in the data industry.

## Bonus points if you have
- Hands-on Python scripting skills for data pipeline support.
- Experience with open-source data tools.
- Background in designing data workflows in a production environment.
- Customer-facing experience in a technical or consultative role.
- Experience working with Command Line Interfaces (CLI).

## Compensation
The estimated total compensation for this role ranges from $200,000 - $250,000, along with an equity component.

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