Presales Engineer, Data Engineering (apac)

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.

About this role:

As a Presales 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. However, you have flexibility in when you arrive at the office as long as business needs are met.

What You Get To Do

• 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.

What You Bring To The Role

• Experience and Expertise: 4 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 engineerings 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.

Bonus points if you have

• 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.

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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.