Astronomer

astronomer.ioSoftwareUnited States201-500 employeesFounded 2015

About

Astronomer is a remote-first company providing a managed platform for Apache Airflow data pipelines.

Reviews (5)

3.2 average

Interview experience

Proceed with caution — 50% reported a negative interview.

Neutral (1)Negative (1)Didn't interview (2)

What people like

“flexible hours, real learning budget”
“no micromanagement, PTO people actually use, fully remote, no RTO games”
“real learning budget”

What to watch for

“unclear expectations”
“roadmap changes weekly”
“below-market pay, on-call is rough, communication gaps across teams”

Burned out fast

way too many meetings, almost no time to actually build. RTO mandate came out of nowhere and morale tanked overnight.

Pros

flexible hours, real learning budget

Cons

unclear expectations

James Novak

about 1 month ago

Full-time

Great place to grow

flexible hours mean I actually get to see my kids at dinner Burned out within a year, and I wasn't the only one.

Pros

no micromanagement, PTO people actually use, fully remote, no RTO games

Interview experience: Negative

Grace M.

8 months ago

Full-time

Solid company, good people

tbh Good problems to work on and the autonomy to solve them your way. Way too many meetings, almost no time to actually build

Pros

real learning budget

Cons

roadmap changes weekly

Interview experience: Neutral

Lola K.

8 months ago

Full-time

it's okay

overall, Solid for a first job, less so if you're senior It's fine. Not amazing, not terrible.

Pros

supportive manager

Cons

below-market pay, on-call is rough, communication gaps across teams

Interview experience: Didn't interview

Lucas

about 1 year ago

Former employee

Would recommend

Look, Remote setup is dialed in — never once felt out of the loop

Pros

strong eng culture

Cons

communication gaps across teams, reorgs constantly, tooling is dated

Interview experience: Didn't interview

Petra Marchetti

over 1 year ago

Full-time

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