Software Engineer - Platform, Mission Systems

Responsibilities

• Maintain and augment automation and distributed services supporting the operation of Planet’s satellites.
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure services and associated tooling for internal needs and customer-facing service-level agreements.
• Evaluate and select appropriate software technologies.
• Design and deploy critical infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Satellite and Ground Operations, Pipeline, Product, and other cross-functional teams.
• Support end users and iteratively improve spacecraft operations systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a similar field.
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience building services that use cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible or similar tools such as Kubernetes or Terraform.
• Experience programming in Python.
• Experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.
• Experience with automated testing, code review, documentation, peer-reviewed code, and continuous integration and deployment workflows.
• Proficient Linux skills.
• Ability to work independently and communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Preferred experience with API design, monitoring tools such as Datadog or Sentry, microservice environments, and aerospace concepts.
• Ability to access applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Health Savings Account with a company contribution.
• Paid time off, holidays, and company-wide days off.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program.
• Home office reimbursement.
• Monthly phone and internet reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Equity and commuter benefits for employees local to an office.
• Volunteering paid time off.
• Full-time remote position based in the United States or Canada; employees near an office are expected to work there three days per week.