Senior Software Engineer (Build)
Company: Astronomer
Location: New York, New York, USA {{REMOTE}}
Salary: $200k - $230k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-07-09
About this role
- As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll help design and build this foundation and the applications around it
- You’ll work on some of the hardest and most exciting challenges in data—search, information retrieval, and AI for data pracitioners—while collaborating with a small, highly skilled team that values velocity, creativity, and impact
- This role sits at the intersection of applied research, software engineering, and product: we think it takes someone who can work across the stack to build, release, and scale products successfully in this space
- Shape the future of AI for data engineering - build intelligent systems that understand, reason about, and optimize the flow of data across entire organizations
- Design and engineer the brain of Astronomer’s context layer, crafting components that power data modeling, semantic search, retrieval, and code generation
- Push the boundaries of applied AI - experiment with LLMs, embeddings, and cutting-edge retrieval techniques to create developer tools that deliver insights to you and our customers
- Turn research into reality - work side by side with R&D and product teams to bring early AI concepts to life in the product experience
- Solve high-impact information retrieval and search challenges at a global scale, leveraging Astronomer’s unparalleled visibility into data pipelines across industries
- Influence the technical vision and architecture for the next generation of AI-driven data products
- Represent Astronomer in the community - through open-source contributions, technical talks, and publications that showcase our leadership in AI and data innovation
### Benefits
- Remote friendly, work from anywhere
- If you’re in a city with an office, it’s there (and stocked with snacks) when you need it
- Co-workers in over 40 states and 15 countries around the world
- Health, dental, and vision insurance at little to no cost for individuals, and at competitive rates for your dependents
- Disability and life insuranc...