Astronomer
Customer
SolutionsEngineer-DataEngineering
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“Solutions Engineer - Data Engineering at Astronomer. Skills: Apache Airflow, Data Engineering, ETL/ELT pipelines, Python. Delivery of use cases in which Airflow is implemented across customers. Implement Apache Airflow in a manner that follows best practices and allows continued growth”
What You'll Achieve.
Bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life; Accelerate building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and power data-driven applications; Do more with their data; Ensure successful Airflow implementation post-sales; Deliver an awesome Astronomer experience to hundreds of customers
Industry & Context.
Architect data pipelines; Optimize data pipelines; Optimize Airflow system configurations; Intrigued by the challenge of delivering an awesome Astronomer experience
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3-5 years of data-engineering experience, Experience creating DAGs, writing Python, building Airflow custom operators and hooks, implementing ETL/ELT pipelines, applying Data transformations, optimizing and monitoring data pipelines, Experience with related market products such as Cloudera, Databricks, Snowflake, DBT, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, ETL Technologies or other analytics solutions, Empathetic, driven and team-oriented, Great prioritization skills and ability to execute on customer-facing activities, A verbal and written communicator interacting with assigned customers over a variety of mediums (slack, email, knowledge transfer, and pair programming sessions), Highly data-driven and intrigued by the challenge of delivering an awesome Astronomer experience to hundreds of customers
Nice to Have
Experienced with Production implementation of ETL/ELT processes using Modern Data Stack, Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, Experience working on short and long-term Customer engagements, Experience with infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes
What You'll Do.
Delivery of use cases in which Airflow is implemented across customers
Implement Apache Airflow in a manner that follows best practices and allows continued growth
Speak to and deliver solutions around Apache Airflow and the Astronomer platform
Interact with customers and partners to ensure successful Airflow implementation post-sales
Architect data pipelines across all types of environments and use cases
Engage with the Apache Airflow project
Maintain and continuously improve technical expertise in Airflow and Astronomer’s managed Airflow Platform
Stay up to date with the latest releases and features
Educate and guide customers regarding Airflow best practices
Perform Airflow code refactoring assessments
and implement engineering solutions for internal and external use
Collect feedback and identify Airflow/Astronomer improvements through client interactions and relaying these recommendations back to the Product
Review and optimize customer data workflows and Airflow system configurations for improved performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with team members to design, prototype, and implement engineering solutions; Relay recommendations back to the Product
Communication Scope
Verbal and written communicator; interacting with assigned customers over a variety of mediums (slack, email, knowledge transfer, and pair programming sessions)
Process & Methodology
Great prioritization skills, ability to execute on customer-facing activities
Full 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 http://www.astronomer.io. ABOUT THIS ROLE: As a Solutions Engineer - Data Engineering, you will be part of the Global Services Delivery Team and will be involved in the delivery of the various use cases in which Airflow is implemented across our customers. These organizations range from seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Although these organizations are in different phases of their data journey, they all can benefit from your expertise as a Solutions Engineer to implement Apache Airflow in a manner that follows best practices and allows continued growth. In this role, you will come to have a deep understanding of both Apache Airflow and Astronomer Products. Every Solutions Engineer will grow to become an Airflow expert and a trusted advisor to organizations looking to put their data in motion. Hybrid Work Model: For this role, you will embrace a flexible hybrid work model, working at least 3 days per week at our Office in Hyderabad while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. What You Get To Do You'll be able to speak to and deliver solutions around Apache Airflow and the Astronomer platform. You'll interact with customers and partners to ensure successful Airflow implementation post-sales. You'll be a trusted advisor and help architect data pipelines across all types of environments and use cases. Last but not least, you'll have the opportunity to engage with the Apache Airflow project, a thriving open-source community with thousands of contribu
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