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Software Engineer

Planet

Skills

Required

  • Python / Java / Go
  • software development
  • Docker containers
  • data storage systems
  • relational databases
  • document stores
  • key-value stores
  • Git
  • AI

Preferred

  • geospatial concepts and standards
  • GeoTIFFs
  • GeoJSON

Join Planet, a leading provider of daily and high-resolution imagery. As a Software Engineer, you will be a key member of our Platform teams, developing and deploying imagery access and analysis capabilities for our customers. You will work with a tech stack that includes Go, Python, Java, Postgres, and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms like Google Cloud. This is a remote position with a focus on clear asynchronous communication.

Contribuer au développement et au déploiement de services d'accès et d'analyse d'images pour les clients, en utilisant des technologies telles que Go, Python, Java, Postgres et Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborer avec des ingénieurs et des chefs de produit pour aligner les objectifs de produit et d'ingénierie, et participer à des revues de code pour maintenir la qualité du code.
  • Assumer la responsabilité de l'exploitation des API et des services en adoptant une culture d'ingénierie de fiabilité des sites, en mesurant les performances et en répondant aux incidents.

Requirements

  • Success in this role requires strong collaborative communication skills to build coworker relationships across several time zones as well as the ability to contribute to occasional team on-sites hosted in Planet’s global offices
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
  • 4+ years of experience in software development within a production environment working preferably with Python, Java and/or Go

Comfortable working with Docker containers

  • Ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently, navigate uncertain and sometimes ambiguous problem spaces, and take calculated risks
  • Experience working with diverse data storage systems such as relational databases, document stores, and key-value stores
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as Computer Science, Geosciences, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • Solid understanding of software engineering best practices and development methodologies
  • Experience with Git, large codebases, reviewing merge requests, and running complex CI/CD pipelines
  • Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills - written and verbal; you are comfortable writing an engineering design proposal and soliciting feedback to drive collaborative decisions

Familiarity with GCP or AWS

  • Solid intuition of when AI is useful in software
  • Familiarity with remotely sensed products and associated metadata; you know why someone wants an ortho-rectified product
  • Worked with observability platforms such as Grafana

Preferred

  • Familiarity with geospatial concepts and standards; you’ve worked with GeoTIFFs, GeoJSON, and STAC

Pay

EUR 59,200 - 76,100