Senior Software Engineer, Planet

• Bachelor’s or equivalent undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Geographic Information Systems, or similar
• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in driving technical excellence, including system architecture, technical debt strategy, and reviewing complex implementations, as the technical leader across full-stack systems
• Experience in core domain technologies (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, or Python, Django) with continuous proficiency in delivering complex, high-quality system features
• Experience in making, documenting, and communicating architectural decisions across a broad technical domain
• Ability to cultivate cross-functional synergy by fostering transparency across Product, Design, and Engineering
• Ability to drive technical discovery under high ambiguity, translating high-level stakeholder needs into actionable requirements and documentation
• Working proficiency in English, the language of the company

Desirable

• 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). The ideal candidate is positive with a resilient, can-do attitude
• This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week
• Work closely with product managers and designers to create user-centered products
• Drive 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

• Application Deadline: March 22, 2026 at 23:59 (11:59pm PT)
• AI in Our Interviewing Process: Planet is committed to providing an exceptional interview experience for all candidates. We are currently exploring AI interviewing technologies to better focus on candidates and less on trying to capture notes. As such, with the candidate's consent, select interviews may be recorded and include a Planet AI Notetaker for transcription and summarization purposes. Should an interview involve use of AI interview technologies, the candidate will receive notification and have the ability to opt out both in advance and/or real-time. Opting out will not affect one's candidacy