Sales Engineer

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: Astronomer is on a mission to make DataOps a first-class discipline in every modern data organization. As the driving force behind Apache Airflow, we're powering mission-critical pipelines at scale for companies like Condé Nast, Rappi, Sonos, and more. We're expanding our Sales Engineering team to help data teams orchestrate, observe, and optimize their data pipelines with confidence. The work location for this role is based in the Chicago area and follows a remote work model. The position requires regional travel of approximately 25%, aligned with business needs. What You Get to Do: - Lead the technical sales motion in partnership with Account Executives - discovery, demos, proof-of-concepts, and architecture discussions - Understand customer pain and translate it into high-impact technical solutions tied to business value - Build and deliver tailored demos and POC