Airflow Infrastructure & Automation Engineer – Silicon Design

Santa Clara, California, United States of America March 7, 2026 Eightfold Ai
Manage Multi-Instance Airflow Deployments: Bring up and manage multiple Apache Airflow instances across different data centers, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. Custom Development: Develop custom Airflow DAGs, operators, providers, and plugins to meet specialized workflow requirements. Build & Maintain: Design, optimize, and scale Airflow infrastructure and pipelines for CPU design, verification, and performance workflows. Platform Engineering: Deploy and manage Airflow on Kubernetes or other distributed environments for scalability and fault tolerance. Integrate: Connect Airflow with EDA tools, simulation environments, and HPC clusters. Automate: Streamline repetitive engineering tasks and enable CI/CD for pipeline deployments. Collaborate: Work closely with CPU architects, verification engineers, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless orchestration across the design ecosystem. Strong Python programming skills. Experience managing multiple Apache Airflow instances in production. Experience developing workflows, pipelines, and DAGs with Apache Airflow, including scaling and performance tuning. Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization (Docker), and distributed systems. Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm). DevOps experience, including CI/CD pipeline design and automation. Experience managing GitHub repositories and implementing GitHub Actions for CI/CD workflows. SQL proficiency for data integration and workflow orchestration. Experience with FastAPI for building APIs and React for front-end integration. Familiarity with EDA workflows, HPC clusters, or large-scale compute environments is a plus. Experience with Airflow on Kubernetes or managed Airflow solutions (MWAA, GCP Composer). Familiarity with EDA tools (Synopsys, Cadence) or silicon design flows. Knowledge of security best practices for workflow orchestration systems. Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
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