Software Engineer, Missions Software

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and augment the automation and services ultimately responsible for the operation of Planet’s satellites.
• Specify and implement new HTTP APIs and help improve existing ones.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar.
• 2–3 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in Python programming.
• Experience in API design.
• Experience with automated testing, code review, and documentation.
• Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.).
• Experience with maintaining peer-reviewed code and continuous integration and deployment workflows and tooling like GitLab CI and Docker or similar.
• Proficient Linux skills.
• Ability to be a self-starter for solving problems in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience building services that leverage cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible or similar (eg. Kubernetes, Terraform).
• Experience working with monitoring tools like Datadog, Sentry, or equivalent.
• Experience working in microservice environments.
• Knowledge of aerospace concepts.

Skills

• Python programming.
• API design.
• AWS or GCP experience.
• Ansible or similar experience.
• Monitoring tools like Datadog, Sentry, or equivalent.
• Microservice environments.
• Aerospace concepts knowledge.

Benefits

While working at Planet, you will be eligible for comprehensive benefits including:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution.
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off.
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave.
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Home Office Reimbursement.
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement.
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Equity.
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office).
• Volunteering Paid Time Off.
• Compensation: The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity).

Pay

The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity).

• New York City + California Salary Range: $107,400—$134,300 USD
• San Francisco Salary Range: $114,200—$142,700 USD
• US National Salary Range: $100,300—$125,400 USD
• San Francisco Salary Range: $114,200—$142,700 USD

Schedule

This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States or Canada. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

Impact

You'll Own Maintain and augment the automation and services ultimately responsible for the operation of Planet’s satellites. This includes but is not limited to:

• Specify and implement new HTTP APIs and help improve existing ones.
• 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.