Software Engineer, Planet
+ Equity
1 day a week in office
Global daily Earth data provider
Be an early applicant
Global daily Earth data provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity
1 day a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To image all of Earth’s landmass every day, and make global change visible, accessible and actionable.
Role
Who you are
- Experience with Python and Golang
- Experience with OpenAPI and REST code generation
- Experience with relational databases and BigQuery
- Excellent communication skills in English, written and oral
- 4+ years of experience in software development
- Experience working in cross-functional teams that put customer requirements first
- Ability to be adaptable and open to mentorship
- Experience with CI/CD and source control tooling (GitHub, GitLab)
- Experience with public cloud reference architectures and services, such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS
Desirable
- Experience with Airflow, Spark, Kafka or other data engineering tools
- Experience using spatial data, including working with large GeoJSON files and web tile formats
- Experience building backend services and infrastructure that scales and is easy to evolve
- Experience with SQL-based ETL development, data warehousing pipeline development and optimization with large data sets
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Software Engineer focused on building robust code to analyze customer telemetry, with a focus on geospatial data
- You will work on building scalable, low-latency APIs and reliable data pipelines to deliver critical information to both customers and the business
- The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude, a collaborative mindset, and be passionate about solving complex problems in innovative ways
- Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to the development of new features and improving existing systems
- This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Berlin and is expected to work in-office once per week
- Evolving a newly-built, event-driven architecture for performance and flexibility
- Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving technical issues related to customer telemetry and reporting
- Build and maintain high-performance data processing pipelines to efficiently handle large volumes of data
- Develop and maintain APIs that deliver actionable insights from customer telemetry, enabling data-driven decision-making and enhancing customer experience through real-time and historical analytics
- Identifying open-source tools which fit new data engineering needs
- Reviewing code changes and iterating new features based on team feedback
- Developing tools and libraries and writing technical documentation to help other engineering teams integrate with customer telemetry
- Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of code through automated testing
Our take
Planet’s high resolution, high frequency Earth-imaging satellites make daily changes in the earth more visible, allowing the company to provide quick turnaround geo-spatial data to its customers. The company was founded by a group of former NASA employees driven by a desire to make global change more actionable by rendering it more visible.
Planet operates the largest Earth-imaging satellite network available, putting it ahead of any competitors. Its landmass data is easy to access, requiring only a subscription from its members - who range from ecological organizations, to private companies and government bodies. The company is also supporting SES and Telesat on their space relay projects for NASA.
The current focus of Planet seems to be on employing its network towards climate and environmental issues. A partnership with Accenture comes with the goal of developing AI-powered geospatial intelligence tools to support sustainability projects; and the company's acquisition of Salo Sciences will allow it to develop offerings around enabling customers to quantify carbon stocks, monitor forest change, and mitigate climate risks.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2019
$168m
SERIES D
Jul 2015
$131m
SERIES C
Total funding: $434.4m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plan
- Wellness program and massages
- Flexible time off
- Recognition programs
- Commuter benefits
- Learning and tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Offsites and happy hours
- Volunteering benefits
Company values
- Learn - We invest in a culture of learning, teaching, and dialogue
- Make an impact - We bring our all, own our mistakes, and build for the future
- Do good - Bring transparency to a changing world
- Dream big - Push the boundaries of what’s possible
- Drive for results - Hypothesize and test, measure and improve
- Be collaborative - Ideate and communicate, listen and learn
- Strive for openness - Bridge access and share information
Company HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Will Marshall
(CEO& Co-Founder)After a Ph.D. at UCSB and Postdoc at Harvard, they worked for almost 6 years as a NASA Scientist. They left in January 2012 to co-found Planet the following month.
Robbie Schingler
(CSO & Co-Founder)They took an MBA at Georgetown University before spending over 5 years at NASA. They left their Chief of Staff role in October 2011 to co-found Planet with Will.
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