Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Planet is hiring a full-stack software engineer for its defense and intelligence pillar to build a next-generation global monitoring application and integrate with federal partners. The role develops scalable backend services, frontend applications, and data solutions that provide users rapid access to geospatial datasets.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire engineering lifecycle, from concept to implementation
• Ownership of the quality and availability of mission systems
• Contribute to the improvement of our architecture, infrastructure, and processes
• Spearhead the design and development of scalable backend services and frontend applications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate complex customer requirements into seamless features

Skills

• 6-8 years industry experience
• Fluency in Golang, Python, & Postgresql or related technologies
• Full stack application development experience (Database, Services, Web)
• Experience building frontend applications in React
• Experience with maintaining infrastructure-in-code
• Experience with logging, alerting, and monitoring tools to support system quality
• This position requires access to 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 the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and adjust on the fly to customer needs
• Experience with infrastructure such as AWS and GCP and infrastructure-as-code
• Experience building systems with many integrations
• Experience with geospatial technologies and data

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Home Office Reimbursement (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Equity (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office; dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off (dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy)
• May be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity)
• Full-time remote position based in the United States; if located near an office, expected to work from that office 3 days per week

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