Full Stack Software Engineer, Planet
+ Equity
3 days 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
3 days 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
- The ideal candidate will be willing to learn or have experience with all these languages, have a positive attitude, a collaborative mindset, and be passionate about solving complex problems in innovative ways
- 4+ years of experience in software development
- Experience with React, Python, and/or Golang, the primary languages used in our APIs
- Experience with relational databases
- Professional working proficiency in English, the language of the company
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar
- 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)
Desirable
- Experience working collaboratively with product managers and designers
- Experience with a production React ecosystem (Redux Thunk, Emotion CSS)
- Experience with OpenAPI and REST code generation
- Experience with iterative, agile development
- Experience using spatial data and web mapping
- Experience writing backend APIs or event-driven data pipelines, with the ability to build scalable solutions
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Software Engineer focused on building clear, thoughtful experiences for customers to understand their accounts
- Our team is small, and we are distributed across eastern North America and Berlin
- You will work on building experiences which make complex information comprehensible and interactive for customers and the business using React, Python and Golang
- Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to the development of new features and improving existing systems
- Adding new features to a newly-built ecosystem of apps
- Identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving technical issues related to customer reporting
- 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
Application process
- Application Deadline: December 11, 11:59pm PST
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
29% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
South Beach, San Francisco, CA
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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