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.

About the Job

As a Senior Release Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering software releases and optimizing our release processes. You will work closely with the engineering team to streamline software deployment, enhance CI/CD pipelines, and ensure smooth releases. Your expertise will be critical in maintaining reliability, efficiency, and automation in our release workflows. Our customers range from seed-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.

What You Get To Do

• Develop and maintain release deployment pipelines

• Optimize the release process to ensure smooth and efficient deployments.

• Manage and enhance CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI and GitHub Actions.

• Work with Git to manage branching strategies, resolve conflicts, and enforce best practices.

• Automate release tasks using Python and Linux scripting.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to software releases and deployments.

• Utilize Docker for containerization, including multi-stage builds for optimizing image sizes.

• Coordinate with developers and the QA team for release instructions, versions, release verification tests, and troubleshooting release blockers.

• Enhance and enforce security, compliance, and stability in release workflows.

• Proactively identify inefficiencies and automate manual processes to enhance release efficiency

• Implement monitoring and rollback strategies for releases to mitigate risks.

• Document release processes, best practices, and deployment strategies.

What You Bring To The Role

• Minimum 5 years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or a related role.

• At least 4 years of proficiency in Python to understand the existing codebase and resolve conflicts during the release process.

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience with Docker, including multi-stage builds and optimization techniques.

• Strong proficiency in Git, including branching strategies, cherry-picking commits, conflict resolution, and related operations.

• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as CircleCI and GitHub Actions.

• Knowledge of semantic versioning and best practices for version control.

• Expertise in Linux scripting for automation and troubleshooting.

• Strong troubleshooting skills for debugging release-related issues.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with Apache Airflow administration and deployment.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.

• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Contributions to open-source projects or experience working with open-source communities.

• DevOps experience

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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.