Software Engineer, Integration Platform

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

The Defense and Intelligence pod is looking for a full-stack software engineer who will be responsible for building systems and integrating with our federal customers. In this role, you will work with multiple internal teams to build our next generation integration platform that will drive our next decade of growth. Your work will be highly visible and will directly impact the ability of customers to get faster access to Planet’s unprecedented datasets as well as streamline the internal processes for adding new customers to our platform. The ideal candidate would have full-stack experience, with experience owning frontend on a project. This role will appeal to candidates with a positive attitude with excitement about Planet’s mission.

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

Impact You'll Own:

• Build and maintain integration tools which serve our enterprise and federal customers
• Manage architecture and ensure availability of services
• Fortify our deployment pipeline and production service monitoring capabilities
• Help to define, create and analyze usage metrics to drive customer growth
• Participate in team on-call rotation to support production services

What You Bring:

• 4+ years industry experience
• Expertise developing in Go or Python
• Full stack application development experience (Database, Services, Web)
• Experience building orchestration workflows preferably with Temporal (temporal.io)
• Experience owning and transforming modern front end codebases
• Fluency in Golang, Python, Postgresql, & React or related technologies
• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills (Product & Design)
• Experience scaling and maintaining production systems

What Makes You Stand Out: 

• Versatility - the ability to pick up new technologies quickly
• Experience building systems with many integrations
• Experience with geospatial technologies and data

Application Deadline:

July 23, 2025 by 11:59 PM PDT

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• 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

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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). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.  The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only.  Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

New York City + California Sal