Astronomer tech stack
Astronomer builds mostly with Python, Go, SQL, TypeScript. Its stack also includes Airflow, Kubernetes, Snowflake, Google BigQuery. Airflow is named in 49 of the 49 job postings Astronomer published in the last 12 months (100%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Astronomer, updated Nov 13, 2026.
What programming languages does Astronomer use?
Python is named in 55% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by Go (35%), SQL (29%), TypeScript (8%).
What frameworks and libraries does Astronomer use?
Playwright is named in 10% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by Pytest (6%), Dagster (4%), Astro (2%).
What databases does Astronomer use?
Snowflake is named in 14% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by Google BigQuery (10%), Amazon Redshift (10%), PostgreSQL (6%).
Snowflake
7 14%
Google BigQuery
5 10%
Amazon Redshift
5 10%
PostgreSQL
3 6%
ElasticSearch
2 4%
Google Cloud Spanner
1 2%
What cloud and platforms does Astronomer use?
Airflow is named in 100% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by Kubernetes (53%), Datadog (45%), Together AI (41%).
Airflow
49 100%
Kubernetes
26 53%
Datadog
22 45%
Together AI
20 41%
AWS
19 39%
Azure
19 39%
GCP
19 39%
Databricks
7 14%
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What developer tools does Astronomer use?
Prometheus is named in 16% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by Docker (14%), dbt (12%), Bazel (10%).
Prometheus
8 16%
Docker
7 14%
dbt
6 12%
Bazel
5 10%
CircleCI
5 10%
Karpenter
5 10%
Git
3 6%
Helm
3 6%
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What AI and ML technologies does Astronomer use?
Claude is named in 2% of job postings at Astronomer.
Claude
1 2%
Which engineering practices does Astronomer ask for?
CI/CD is named in 33% of job postings at Astronomer, followed by AI Agents (14%), Embeddings (10%), Incident Management (10%).
CI/CD
16 33%
AI Agents
7 14%
Embeddings
5 10%
Incident Management
5 10%
SLI/SLO/SLA
5 10%
Platform Engineering
4 8%
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What does each Astronomer team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Backend
23 postingsSales
12 postingsProduct
7 postingsHow does your stack fit Astronomer?
How much does Astronomer pay by technology?
Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Astronomer postings with stated pay: $250k across 38 postings.
| Technology | Postings with pay | Median | vs company median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airflow | 38 | $250k | 0% |
| Python | 23 | $250k | 0% |
| Kubernetes | 20 | $250k | 0% |
| Go | 16 | $240k | −4% |
| Datadog | 15 | $300k | +20% |
| Together AI | 14 | $300k | +20% |
| AWS | 14 | $249k | 0% |
| Azure | 14 | $249k | 0% |
| GCP | 14 | $249k | 0% |
| SQL | 13 | $250k | 0% |
How is the Astronomer stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the Astronomer stack?
Astronomer scores 74 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Astronomer stack in its industry?
Share of the 76 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Astronomer apart
Companies with a stack like Astronomer
Questions about the Astronomer tech stack
What programming languages does Astronomer use?
The languages named in Astronomer job postings are Python (55%), Go (35%), SQL (29%), TypeScript (8%), JavaScript (4%), as a share of the 49 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Astronomer use Pytest?
Yes. Pytest is named in 3 of 49 job postings (6%) and required in 3 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Astronomer use?
The cloud and platforms named in Astronomer job postings are Airflow (49), Kubernetes (26), Datadog (22) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Backend job at Astronomer?
Backend postings at Astronomer most often require Airflow (23), Go (17), Kubernetes (17), Python (17), out of 23 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Astronomer tech stack changing?
Yes. PostgreSQL, gRPC, AI Agents, Embeddings first appeared in Astronomer job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Astronomer tech stack?
Astronomer scores 74 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 1; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Astronomer tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Astronomer publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 49 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Nov 13, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "Astronomer tech stack: 69 technologies from 49 job postings", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/astronomer/technologies