Astronomer / Apache Airflow Data Engineer
Amtex Enterprises
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Denver, CO · Posted October 30, 2026
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About the job
Job Title: Astronomer / Apache Airflow Data Engineer
Duration: 6 plus months
Location: Denver, CO – Hybrid 3-4 days onsite
Interview: Onsite
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Engineer to lead the implementation and adoption of Astronomer / Apache Airflow within a modern Data Engineering platform built around Snowflake and dbt.
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused contract. You will take technical ownership of establishing Astronomer as a production-ready, scalable, observable and cost-effective orchestration capability, working alongside our existing Data Engineering and platform teams.
Establish a production-ready Astronomer / Airflow implementation and associated engineering standards.
• Define reusable orchestration patterns for dbt and Snowflake workloads.
• Implement robust CI/CD, testing and deployment patterns for DAGs.
What we are looking for
• Apache Airflow, ideally Astronomer / Astro, in production environments.
• Python and production-quality DAG development.
• Snowflake and dbt.
Interested candidates send your resume to alex@amtexenterprises.com