Astronomer

Astronomer's position in the data ecosystem is distinctive: they maintain and drive the development of Apache Airflow while selling Astro, the managed platform that removes the DevOps burden of running Airflow at scale. This dual role as open source steward and commercial vendor gives their engineering teams direct influence over the orchestration layer that thousands of data teams depend on daily.

The team is globally distributed across 40+ US states and 15+ countries, with optional offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Austin, London, and Hyderabad. Their core values are openness, boldness, trust, tenacity, leadership, and fun. Astronomer runs an annual company-wide summit to bring the distributed team together, and provides regular access to conferences, workshops, and ecosystem meetups. Engineers and data professionals work in Golang, Python, and Rust across Kubernetes, Spark, and the broader Airflow ecosystem. Unlimited PTO is tracked, with employees averaging 20 days per year, and a $170/month pre-tax stipend covers connectivity for remote workers.