Remote Software Engineer

Planet designs builds and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. Customers and users across the globe use Planets data to develop new technologies drive revenue power research and solve our worlds 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.

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.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Geospatial Software Engineer to strengthen our team working on the development of this role you will build and maintain the data provisioning pipelines that make satellite images and derived Earth Observation data available on the platform. Your work will also directly support the foundational infrastructure for cutting-edge Digital Twin initiatives enabling a new generation of geospatial applications. This role will involve working closely with a varied team of engineers Earth Observation scientists and project managers.

This is a full-time temporary position expected for 1 year (with possibility of extension or conversion). Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2) to our users.

Manage the integration of cloud-native data primarily from object storage (AWS or similar) with our core API services.

Drive the integration of metadata using modern standards like STAC to ensure data is easily searchable and interoperable.

Collaborate closely with a team of developers and scientists to build the next generation of EO infrastructure.

4 years experience in a technical role (data scientist software developer) within a multidisciplinary team.

• Bachelors degree in Geoinformatics computer science physical science engineering or a comparable field of study
• Proficiency in Python for data processing and backend development (e.g. Knowledge of Javascript

A solid grasp of fundamental Remote Sensing concepts.

Home Office Reimbursement

Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Were dedicated to helping the whole Planet and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. Planet is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and breastfeeding age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.