Senior Site Reliability Engineer

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:

We are searching for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the Corporate Engineering team! As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer together with other engineers you will be responsible for the continuous operation, further development and enhancement of Planet’s corporate infrastructure and applications.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

• Help to ensure the operation of Planet’s internal IT systems
• Improve existing and create new solutions 
• Drive the infrastructure setup and maintenance of our new location
• Scripting & Tooling: Use Python or Go to automate repetitive network tasks, configuration management, and data collection. Identify and reduce operational toil through automation, making our systems self-healing and predictable
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Leverage Terraform, Ansible, or SaltStack to manage network configurations as code, moving away from manual CLI changes
• Architect, deploy, and maintain high-availability environments using Juniper (Junos), Arista (EOS), and HP Aruba switching/routing platforms
• Participate in an on-call rotation and drive the continuous improvement of incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and post-mortem processes
• Collaborate closely with Security  and other IT teams to embed reliability, scalability, and security best practices from the ground up

What You Bring:

• 6+ years experience in infrastructure development and/or operations
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or a related field
• Expertise with a scripting language like Python
• Track record of working with large web applications or computer clusters 
• Hands-on experience with Linux deployment and administration
• Advanced experience using configuration management tools (i.e. Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Saltstack) in a production environment (we use Salt and Terraform)
• Solid understanding of Network principles and operations 
• Advanced experience with LAN/WAN technologies, protocols and best practices, e. g. BGP

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Operational experience in deploying and maintaining databases
• Experience using Docker, ECS or Linux Containers in a production environment
• Awareness of best practices about systems security and defensive programming
• Experience with version control e.g. Git
• Experience with programming and scripting languages  e.g. Python, Shell
• Experience in deploying and maintaining virtual machines e.g. KVM, ProxMox 
• Experience in software development using CI/CD processes and tools e.g. Jenkins, GitLab
• German language skills

Application Deadline:

May 11, 2026 by 23:59 CET (Central European Time)

Export Control Requirements:

Planet Labs Germany GmbH is authorized to receive U.S. export-controlled information at Planet under an export license issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security. This position requires access to U.S. and German/EU export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by German, EU, or U.S. authorities.

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical locatio