Planet

Software Engineer, Platform Operations

Planet

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $127,000 - $158,700 per year

About the role

  • Design and implement core Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions to ensure the secure and scalable operation of Planet's services.
  • Actively work on major platform modernization initiatives, including the full migration from legacy tooling to new solutions.
  • Manage cloud-based infrastructure services, notably our fleet of Kubernetes clusters, and associated tooling to meet internal needs and support customer-facing service level agreements.
  • Enhance and maintain observability for key platform services, leveraging Grafana and other tools to establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and improve operational readiness.
  • Implement improvements and features for core systems owned by the team, such as GKE clusters, public API gateway, and other managed infrastructure solutions.
  • Collaborate with software engineering teams to refine the developer experience (DevEx) of our managed infrastructure.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering, System Administration, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes, underlying compute systems, and Linux
  • Working knowledge of public clouds, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab, ArgoCD), Configuration Management (e.g. Terraform, Crossplane) and GitOps principles.
  • Ability to use an operational mindset and troubleshooting prowess for complex production environments.
  • Experience building services in languages such as Go and Python using tools like Git, Docker, and CI/CD workflows.
  • Experience building services that leverage cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP.
  • Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate designs and decisions verbally and in writing.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)KubernetesLinuxGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Amazon Web Services (AWS)CI/CDGitLabArgoCDTerraformGo
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationtroubleshootingoperational mindset