Senior Software Engineer, Observability

Astronomer; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data orchestration company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Observability team in Vancouver. You will contribute to the design and scaling of their observability platform, ensuring reliable data insights for customers. The ideal candidate has experience with distributed systems, including Golang and Python, and is committed to a collaborative engineering culture. This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience designing and scaling production infrastructure.
• Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions.
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical design and implementation of the observability platform.
• Build scalable and reliable features for customer data pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with teams to define and deliver initiatives.
• Write maintainable code while following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor peers.

Skills

Golang

Python

Kubernetes

SQL/OLAP databases

Stream processing

Collaboration and communication skills

Job description

Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and powers data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 800 of the world's leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.

About this role:

At Astronomer, our R&D organization is dedicated to providing an exceptional experience in operating data orchestration based on Apache Airflow at many of the world’s largest companies. As we continue to grow, we are looking to solve highly complex technology problems through inventive algorithms and world-class practices around scale.

We are building out a world-class Observability team to deliver data observability capabilities that provide our customers visibility, reliability, and actionable insights into their data pipelines and products across some of the world’s largest enterprises.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join this effort. In this role, you will contribute directly to the design, development, and scaling of Astronomer’s observability platform, collaborating closely with product, design, and cross-functional engineering teams. Your work will have a direct impact on our customers and the future of the platform.

What you get to do:

• Contribute to the technical design, architecture, and implementation of Astronomer’s observability platform.
• Build scalable, reliable, and performant features that provide visibility into customer data pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with product, design, and engineering teams to define and deliver high-impact initiatives.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code while following best practices in testing, CI/CD, and operational excellence.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor peers, and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence.
• Help improve and evolve the observability platform’s tooling, infrastructure, and processes.

What you bring to the role:

• Strong technical experience building complex distributed systems, preferably with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, SQL/OLAP databases, and stream processing.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and scaling production infrastructure.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams.
• Focus on delivering customer value through thoughtful technical solutions.
• Enthusiasm for contributing to a healthy, inclusive engineering culture and supporting the growth of teammates.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience building or scaling data observability products.
• Familiarity with Apache Airflow or similar workflow orchestrators.
• Background in observability, monitoring, or infrastructure at scale (e.g., Datadog, Honeycomb, or similar).

The estimated salary for this role ranges from CA$190,000 - CA$220,000 based on leveling and geography, along with an equity component and a comprehensive benefits package. This range is merely an estimate; actual compensation may deviate from this range based on skills, experience, and qualifications.

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