Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Planet

• 6+ years experience in infrastructure development and/or operations
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or a related field
• Expertise with a scripting language like Python
• Track record of working with large web applications or computer clusters
• Hands-on experience with Linux deployment and administration
• Advanced experience using configuration management tools (i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Saltstack) in a production environment (we use Salt and Terraform)
• Solid understanding of Network principles and operations
• Advanced experience with LAN/WAN technologies, protocols and best practices, e. g. BGP
• Planet Labs Germany GmbH is authorized to receive U.S. export-controlled information at Planet under an export license issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security. This position requires access to U.S. and German/EU export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by German, EU, or U.S. authorities

Desirable

• We are searching for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Corporate Engineering team!
• As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer together with other engineers you will be responsible for the continuous operation, further development and enhancement of Planet’s corporate infrastructure and applications
• Help to ensure the operation of Planet’s internal IT systems
• Improve existing and create new solutions
• Drive the infrastructure setup and maintenance of our new location
• Scripting & Tooling: Use Python or Go to automate repetitive network tasks, configuration management, and data collection. Identify and reduce operational toil through automation, making our systems self-healing and predictable
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Leverage Terraform, Ansible, or SaltStack to manage network configurations as code, moving away from manual CLI changes
• Architect, deploy, and maintain high-availability environments using Juniper (Junos), Arista (EOS), and HP Aruba switching/routing platforms
• Participate in an on-call rotation and drive the continuous improvement of incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-mortem processes
• Collaborate closely with Security and other IT teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security best practices from the ground up

• Application Deadline: May 11, 2026 by 23:59 CET (Central European Time)