Astronomer designed Astro, an industry-leading, orchestration-first DataOps platform for data teams. Powered by Airflow, Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and drive data-driven applications.
We’re a globally-distributed and rapidly growing venture-backed team of learners, innovators and collaborators. Our mission is to empower data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, AI, and software to life. As a member of our team, you will be at the forefront of the industry as we strive to deliver the world's data.
Your background may be unconventional; as long as you have the essential qualifications, we encourage you to apply. While having "bonus" qualifications makes for a strong candidate, Astronomer values diverse experiences. Many of us at Astronomer haven't followed traditional career paths, and we welcome it if yours hasn't either.
Astronomer designed Astro, an industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform for data teams. Powered by Airflow, Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and drive data-driven applications.
We’re a globally distributed and rapidly growing venture-backed team of learners, innovators, and collaborators. Our mission is to empower data teams to bring mission-critical analytics, AI, and software to life. As a member of our team, you will be at the forefront of the industry as we strive to deliver the world's data.
Your background may be unconventional; as long as you have the essential qualifications, we encourage you to apply. While having "bonus" qualifications makes for a strong candidate, Astronomer values diverse experiences. Many of us at Astronomer haven't followed traditional career paths, and we welcome it if yours hasn't either.
As a Sales Engineer at Astronomer, you’ll be a key partner to our clients, guiding them in deploying powerful data workflows to accelerate their business outcomes. You'll have the chance to work with cutting-edge technology, help customers solve complex data challenges, and influence our product’s evolution through client feedback. This role is ideal for someone who wants to make a visible impact while growing into an expert in workflow orchestration and Apache Airflow.
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.
Work Timings - This role is to explicitly cover Asia Pacific Prospects/Customers, thus expected work timings for this role are from 7 am IST to 4 pm IST
Solve Real-World Problems: Design and implement proof-of-concept solutions that help customers tackle real data challenges, from concept to production.
Be a Trusted Advisor: Conduct demos and provide technical guidance to engineering teams, showing them how our platform can transform their workflows.
Drive Community Impact: Contribute to the Apache Airflow community by creating technical content and best practices, positioning Astronomer as a thought leader in workflow orchestration.
Influence Product Direction: Act as a liaison by gathering field insights and providing critical feedback to the Product team to shape the future of our platform.
Develop and Grow: Become an expert in Airflow, workflow orchestration, and the data engineering landscape as you collaborate across departments and work on impactful projects.
Experience and Expertise: 3 to 7 years experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Consulting, or similar roles within the data space, ideally with experience in modern data tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Fivetran, Tableau, or Confluent.
Data Engineering Know-How: Familiarity with core data engineering concepts such as orchestration, ELT/ETL, Git, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
Effective Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to simplify complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
Curiosity and Customer Empathy: A genuine desire to understand customer needs, patience, and empathy to support them through challenges.
Drive to Innovate: Eagerness to learn and experiment with new technical concepts, tools, and approaches to stay ahead in the data industry.
Customer Experience: 3+ years of Customer-facing experience in a technical or consultative role.
Hands-on Python scripting skills for data pipeline support.
Experience with Apache Airflow or other open-source data tools.
Background in designing data workflows in a production environment.
Experience working with Command Line Interfaces (CLI).
Experience with infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
At Astronomer, we value diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer: we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Astronomer is a remote-first company.