# Apache Airflow

Skill · Cloud Computing and DevOps

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-airflow

Apache Airflow is an open-source platform for programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring workflows, defined as directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) of tasks written in Python. Data engineers use it to orchestrate ETL/ELT pipelines, automate data processing jobs, and manage dependencies between tasks across data infrastructure. It has become a standard tool in modern data engineering stacks.

## Apache Airflow in the job market

- Open roles: 99
- Employers hiring: 62
- Median stated pay: $197,000 (middle half $175,000 – $237,000), from 78 of 99 open roles — the 79% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Apache Airflow

Measured from the 99 open roles that name Apache Airflow, not from a curated list.

- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 83 roles (83.8%)
- [SQL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/sql) — 63 roles (63.6%)
- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 50 roles (50.5%)
- [Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/dialectical-behavior-therapy-dbt) — 41 roles (41.4%)
- [Google BigQuery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/google-bigquery) — 37 roles (37.4%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 36 roles (36.4%)
- [Apache Kafka](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-kafka) — 35 roles (35.4%)
- [Snowflake](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/snowflake) — 30 roles (30.3%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 1 (1%)
- Mid: 15 (16%)
- Senior: 49 (54%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 22 (24%)
- Management: 3 (3%)
- Executive: 1 (1%)

From 91 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Apache Airflow roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 19
- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 8
- [Atlanta, GA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/atlanta-ga) — 4
- [El Segundo, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/el-segundo-ca) — 2
- [Los Angeles, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/los-angeles-ca) — 2
- [Miami, FL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/miami-fl) — 2

Among the 53 of 99 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Apache Airflow

- [Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-engineer) — 30
- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 26
- [Data Scientist](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-scientist) — 7
- [Machine Learning Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/machine-learning-engineer) — 6
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 4
- [Data Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-architect) — 3

## Employers hiring for Apache Airflow

- [Hims and Hers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hims-and-hers) — 5 open roles
- [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — 5 open roles
- [Reddit](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/reddit) — 4 open roles
- [The Home Depot](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-home-depot) — 4 open roles
- [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — 4 open roles
- [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — 3 open roles

Related skills: [Data Pipelines](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/data-pipelines), [ETL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/etl), [Data Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/data-engineering), [Apache Spark](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-spark), [AWS Data Pipeline](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/aws-data-pipeline), [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python), [Apache NiFi](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-nifi), [Extract, Transform, Load](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/extract-transform-load), [AWS Step Functions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/aws-step-functions), [Azure Data Factory](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/azure-data-factory), [ML Orchestration](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ml-orchestration), [Matillion](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/matillion)

## Open roles requiring Apache Airflow (99)

- [Principal Data Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hims-and-hers/a321e167-59ab-46cc-9b50-75154f122bdb/application) at [Hims and Hers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hims-and-hers) — Full-time, US Remote, $220,000 – $260,000 (listed on Hims and Hers's own careers site)
- [Senior Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/55c4e8c9-967e-4a93-ac16-c05e593f8ab8/senior-data-engineer-at-vanta) at [Vanta](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vanta) — Remote U.S., $190,000 – $224,000
- [Lead Software Engineer, Clearing Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/85f9f7ea-4a8c-4c3b-b9e0-1dff1068be7d/lead-software-engineer-clearing-engineering-at-coindesk) at [CoinDesk](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/coindesk) — Full-time, New York, NY, $235,000 – $275,000
- [Senior Data Platform Engineer / SDE](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/17431872-e409-461d-80bd-baebd2802386/senior-data-platform-engineer-sde-at-cambia-health-solutions) at [Cambia Health Solutions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cambia-health-solutions) — Full-time, $114,000 – $143,000
- [AI Engineer, Sr](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a3163207-0554-496e-9a24-681454598cfb/ai-engineer-sr-at-a-dec) at [A-dec](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/a-dec) — Newberg, OR
- [SAP NS2 Full Stack Developer - Top Secret, CI Polygraph required](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ee8f25ea-c15f-40dc-9263-5b68c08f717f/sap-ns2-full-stack-developer-top-secret-ci-polygraph-required-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, Herndon, VA, $107,300 – $230,600
- [Staff Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/91176d6c-e505-436b-bf14-9f838da2aea3/staff-data-engineer-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $146,200 – $233,700
- [Lead Development Engineer -AI-Assisted Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a0944a9d-8760-47df-9e37-ec0203e361c6/lead-development-engineer-ai-assisted-engineering-at-tyson-foods) at [Tyson Foods](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/tyson-foods) — Springdale, AR
- [Sr. Technical Program Manager, AI Security](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cb354b2c-8355-4855-ad4e-7f8ea7a10572/sr-technical-program-manager-ai-security-at-moderna) at [Moderna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moderna) — Full-time, $145,900 – $234,200
- [Senior Manager, Content & Digital Experience Capabilities – Solution Architecture & Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ccf39daf-0683-4113-a5be-3294ee9e7e70/senior-manager-content-digital-experience-capabilities-solution-architecture) at [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb) — Full-time, Princeton, NJ, $139,570 – $169,126

All 99 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=f69c050b-2685-4570-bb4b-076455da72f6