Software Engineer, Planet

• The ideal candidate is positive with a resilient, can-do attitude
• 4+ years of relevant work experience in software engineering or similar
• Proficient development skills in Python
• Practical experience with Django, Django Rest Framework, and Celery
• Solid background in designing, developing, and maintaining distributed service-oriented systems
• Direct experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Working proficiency in English, the language of the company
• Experience in making, documenting, and communicating architectural decisions
• Bachelor’s or equivalent undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Geographic Information Systems, or similar

Desirable

• In addition to our Planetscope constellation, which semi-autonomously creates a near-daily scan of all of Earth’s landmass, we operate satellites that capture high-resolution (SkySat and Pelican) and hyper-spectral (Tanager) data
• These are so-called tasked satellites: they take captures in response to specific imaging requests
• Our agile and interdisciplinary team builds the systems that make it possible for our customers to order and obtain data from these satellites
• In this role, you will maintain and extend Planet’s Tasking systems, which bridge our customers and many of our internal systems
• This means you will be working on systems that externally provide comfortable and reliable interfaces (API & web) for our customers to task and receive our data, and internally act as an integration point between diverse systems (mission control, accounting, imaging processing and quality control)
• Work closely with product managers and designers to create user-centered products
• Realize initiatives through their whole life cycle, from exploration and design, over implementation and quality to release and maintenance
• Continually improve our systems’ architecture, development processes, and system design
• As a part of an on-call duty rotation, you’ll help maintain a high level of quality and service for our customers

• Application Deadline: November 6, 2025 by 23:59 Pacific Time (11:59 PM PT)