# 🚀 Open-Source Software Engineer (Apache Airflow) > **Company:** [Astronomer](https://www.astronomer.io) > **Platform:** Astro (Unified DataOps Platform powered by Apache Airflow®) > **Work Environment:** Fully Remote / Distributed Team > **EEO Statement:** Equal Opportunity Employer --- ## 📌 Role Summary This role sits within **Astronomer’s Open-Source Engineering Team**. You will focus on identifying, designing, and building new features, components, and core improvements for **Apache Airflow**. You will directly engage with the global open-source community, developers, committers, and enterprise clients to make Airflow the de facto standard for data orchestration. --- ## 📋 Role Breakdown & Overview | **Category** | **Details** | | :--- | :--- | | **Primary Focus** | Open-source software development & Apache Airflow core contributions | | **Experience Level** | 5+ Years (Python Software Engineering) | | **Team / Department** | Open-Source Engineering Team | | **Collaboration** | Cross-functional, Remote, Apache Airflow Global Community | | **Outreach** | Community stewardship, Slack/Mailing Lists, Conferences, Technical Events | --- ## 🛠 Key Responsibilities

Core Engineering & Development

* 🏗 **Design & Implement:** Build new Apache Airflow features, components, and ecosystem integrations. * ⚡ **Performance & Resiliency:** Improve core performance, system resilience, and scalability. * 💻 **Developer Experience:** Streamline Airflow developer experience, improve code quality, increase test coverage, and reduce CI/CD test runtimes. * 🔍 **Customer & Support Engagement:** Liaise with enterprise customers to troubleshoot complex issues and provide technical solutions.

Community & Outreach

* 🤝 **Community Leadership:** Steward the open-source community across GitHub, Slack, and public mailing lists. * 🎙 **Advocacy & Events:** Promote new Airflow features, tools, and best practices at conferences and tech events.

--- ## 🎯 Candidate Requirements ### 🔴 Core Qualifications (Must Have) | Requirement | Description | | :--- | :--- | | **Language** | `5+ Years` proven development experience in **Python** | | **Architecture** | Strong knowledge of building **scalable, distributed systems** | | **Testing** | Solid unit testing capabilities and appreciation for automated test strategies | | **Problem Solving** | Proven capability in debugging and troubleshooting complex technical issues | | **Communication** | Strong asynchronous and live communication skills (GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Pair Programming) | | **Mindset** | Creative thinker, proactive learner, and active collaborator | ### 🟢 Preferred Qualifications (Bonus Points) ```gantt - Production Apache Airflow Experience - Data Engineering Background - Open Source (OSS) Contributions - Kubernetes & Docker Experience - CI/CD Pipeline Maintenance - Experience with Agentic Tooling (e.g., Claude Code) ``` --- ## 🌐 About Astronomer Astronomer empowers enterprise data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life. Powered by Apache Airflow®, Astro accelerates building reliable data products for over 800+ global enterprise customers.

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