Senior Software Engineer

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.

Responsibilities Planet’s Platform teams build and operate systems that enable customers to access and analyze Planet's daily and high resolution imagery, as well as derived products like Basemaps. We enable customers to browse data catalogs , stream data via tile services , and orchestrate geospatial analysis .

This position is to be a contributing member of our Platform teams, developing and deploying imagery access and analysis capabilities for our customers using a tech stack that includes Go, Python, Java, Postgres and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms like Google Cloud. We emphasize scalable, observable systems leveraging open source technologies and standards when applicable.

The team is distributed throughout Europe and North America and thrives on clear asynchronous communication. Success in this role requires strong collaborative communication skills to build coworker relationships across several time zones as well as the ability to contribute to occasional team on-sites hosted in Planet’s global offices.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Haarlem office 3 days per week.

Requirements 6+ years of experience in software development within a production environment working preferably with Python, Java and/or Go

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Geosciences, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience

Solid understanding of software engineering best practices and development methodologies

Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills - written and verbal; you are comfortable writing an engineering design proposal and soliciting feedback to drive collaborative decisions

Familiarity with GCP or AWS

Ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently, navigate uncertain and sometimes ambiguous problem spaces, and take calculated risks

Experience working with diverse data storage systems such as relational databases, document stores, and key-value stores

Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills

Experience with Git, large codebases, reviewing merge requests, and running complex CI/CD pipelines

Comfortable working with Docker containers

Solid intuition of when AI is useful in software development and when it is not

Experience deploying to Kubernetes

Familiarity with geospatial concepts and standards; you’ve worked with GeoTIFFs, GeoJSON, and STAC

Familiarity with remotely sensed products and associated metadata; you know why someone wants an ortho-rectified product

Worked with observability platforms such as Grafana

Benefits These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off

Employee Wellness Program

Home Office Reimbursement

Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning

Equity

Volunteering Paid Time Off

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