Software Engineer, Missions Software

Planet

full-time

Posted on: 9/26/2025

Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $115,800 - $142,700 per year

JuniorMid-Level

AnsibleAWSDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesMySQLPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

Build, maintain, and operate Planet's Mission Control web application and supporting distributed microservices responsible for satellite scheduling, tasking, and telemetry processing.
Maintain and augment automation and services responsible for the operation of Planet’s satellites.
Specify and implement new HTTP APIs and improve existing ones.
Evaluate and choose appropriate software technologies.
Design and deploy critical infrastructure.
Support, enable, and engage with end users (spacecraft operators, analysts, engineers) to iterate on systems and minimize operational burden.
Collaborate closely with Satellite and Ground Operations, Pipeline, and Product teams to ensure the constellation meets mission needs.
Tackle a broad array of engineering problems in a fast-paced environment.
Work on continuous integration, deployment workflows, and peer-reviewed codebases.

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar.
2+ years of relevant work experience.
Experience in Python programming.
Experience in API design.
Attention to quality including automated testing, code review, and documentation.
Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.).
Experience with maintaining peer-reviewed code and continuous integration and deployment workflows and tooling like GitLab CI and Docker or similar.
Proficient Linux skills.
Ability to be a self-starter for solving problems in a dynamic environment.
Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Ability to access export-controlled information (EAR/ITAR requirements).
Preferred: Experience building services on AWS or GCP.
Preferred: Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
Preferred: Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog or Sentry.
Preferred: Experience working in microservice environments.
Preferred: Knowledge of aerospace concepts.

Benefits

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attention to qualityproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationself-startercross-functional teamwork