Jobs at Planet

Develop, maintain, and operate Mission Control web app and supporting microservices for satellite operations. Design and implement HTTP APIs, deploy critical infrastructure, and improve automation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure satellite scheduling, telemetry processing, and operational tooling meet mission needs. Support CI/CD, testing, and database-backed services.

Build, maintain, and operate cloud-based services and automation for satellite operations. Manage infrastructure, design/deploy critical systems, support microservices and CI/CD workflows, ensure reliability and SLAs, collaborate with cross-functional teams to minimize operational burden and automate satellite operations.

Design, build, and operate Planet's scalable object and metadata storage platform. Own backend services, Elasticsearch indexing, search, event notification, and disaster recovery. Measure performance, create alerts, be on call, drive system design and architecture, mentor engineers, and contribute to the technical roadmap for highly available, cloud-native data infrastructure.

Develops and operates Planet's large-scale distributed backend services to process satellite imagery workflows reliably 24x7. Builds cloud-native services (Go/Python) on Kubernetes/GCP, manages persistence (Spanner, Redis, Postgres, BigTable), improves scalability and reliability, implements monitoring/alerts/runbooks, and participates in on-call rotations and incident response.

Build bespoke, mission-critical full-stack software for strategic (defense) customers: front-end, back-end, data integration, cloud (AWS/GCP), and CI/CD. Translate customer needs into technical requirements, mentor engineers, leverage AI tooling for rapid iteration, and deliver reliable solutions while traveling to customer sites.

The Software Engineer in Platform Operations designs and manages core infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable platform operations while collaborating with software engineers to improve deployment experiences.

The Senior Engineering Manager at Planet leads the engineering team, focusing on delivering products for Defense Intelligence. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, refining processes, and collaborating across teams for effective deployment of technology.

Lead Commercial AI Innovation to identify high-value geospatial AI use cases, rapidly prototype MVPs on Planet's platform, partner with Sales/Product/Data Science to validate and scale concepts, and drive commercial adoption and revenue impact for customers in finance, supply chain, energy, and infrastructure.

As a Sales Development Representative, you'll drive pipeline growth through strategic outreach and account research, connecting with potential customers to identify their needs and position solutions effectively.

As a Product Manager for Tanager, you'll oversee product development for hyperspectral data products, define the product roadmap, and engage customers. Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure product alignment with company strategy and drive commercial growth, particularly in the methane market. Lead product evolution and manage stakeholder needs while navigating ambiguity.

The Finance Manager will create a robust revenue forecasting process, analyze key revenue drivers, and collaborate across departments for strategic insight and reporting.