Sales Engineer, EMEA — DataOps & Airflow Solutions

Astronomer; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Astronomer is seeking a Sales Engineer to lead the technical sales motion for our DataOps platform in London. You will run discovery, demos, and architecture discussions with prospects, translating business needs into technically compelling solutions.

The role combines hands-on demos with strategic customer engagement across data orchestration and Airflow. Based in London with regular travel to France, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver tailored demonstrations and drive

Qualifications

• 3–10 years total experience, including 2+ years in a customer-facing technical role
• Business level French language skills
• Proficiency in Python, familiarity with Docker and CLI
• Experience with cloud-native data architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and data orchestration workflows

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical sales motion with Account Executives, including discovery, demos, PoCs and architecture discussions
• Translate customer pain into high-impact technical solutions tied to business value
• Build and deliver tailored demos and PoCs using Python, Airflow and related tools
• Guide customers through modern DataOps strategies from orchestration to observability and automation
• Influence product feedback loops and contribute to go-to-market strategy

Skills

Python

CLI

Docker

Cloud platforms

Data orchestration

Airflow

Communication

Customer-facing

Tools

Airflow

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

dbt

Kubernetes

Job description

Astronomer is seeking a Sales Engineer to lead the technical sales motion for our DataOps platform in London. You will run discovery, demos, and architecture discussions with prospects, translating business needs into technically compelling solutions.

The role combines hands-on demos with strategic customer engagement across data orchestration and Airflow. Based in London with regular travel to France, you’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver tailored demonstrations and drive