Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure

Astronomer is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Platform Infrastructure team. This role involves designing and building foundational systems that power the company's multi-cloud DataOps platform, including control plane, CI/CD, observability, and networking. The engineer will set technical direction, write design docs, and influence teams without direct management. Requires deep experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, Go, and multi-cloud environments.

Must have: deep distributed systems knowledge, Kubernetes operator-level experience, strong Go skills, multi-cloud architectural experience (AWS, GCP, Azure), track record of influencing without authority, hands-on breadth across Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, networking, secrets. Nice-to-have: storage primitives, SaaS/PaaS, Airflow.