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Software Engineer; Platform, Mission Systems
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New York, New York County, New York, 10261, USA
Listed on 2026-09-04
Listing for:
Planet
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-04
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Software Engineer, DevOps
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: New York
- Planet’s Mission Control is a web-based application that empowers spacecraft operators and analysts to monitor, control, and study our growing fleet of satellites
- It is flanked by a number of distributed microservices that handle spacecraft scheduling, tasking, telemetry processing, and similar operational needs
- Together, these services automate much of the day-to-day operations of Planet’s fleet of satellites
- You’ll be a part of a team that builds, maintains, and operates these tools
- Our mission is to offer a seamless interface that enables spacecraft operators, analysts, and engineers at Planet to interact effortlessly with our assets in space
- We strive to minimize operational burden, and to automate all aspects of satellite operations
- You will be a part of a team that will support, enable and engage with the end users to iterate on these systems
- In this role, you will resolve a broad array of engineering problems in a dynamic environment
- Maintain and augment the automation and services ultimately responsible for the operation of Planet’s satellites. This includes but is not limited to:
- Manage cloud-based infrastructure services, and associated tooling to meet internal needs and support customer-facing service level agreements
- Evaluate and choose appropriate software technologies
- Design and deploy critical infrastructure
- Contribute with a team that values open and honest communication, collaboration, self-learning and initiative to solve problems big and small
- Work closely with various teams across Planet, ranging from Satellite and Ground Operations, to Pipeline and Product teams to ensure the satellite constellation meets all of the needs to achieve Planet’s missions
- 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
- 4+ years of relevant work experience
- Proficient Linux skills
- Attention to quality including automated testing, code review, and documentation
- Experience in Python programming
- Ability to be a self-starter for solving problems in a dynamic environment
- Experience with maintaining peer-reviewed code and continuous integration and deployment workflows and tooling like Git Lab CI and Docker or similar
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar
- Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible or similar (eg. Kubernetes, Terraform)
- Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
- Experience building services that leverage cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP
- Experience in API design
- Experience working with monitoring tools like Datadog, Sentry, or equivalent
- Experience working in microservice environments
- Knowledge of aerospace concepts
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