Senior Platform Engineer — Geospatial Imaging & Cloud

NextGenEnergyJobs; Haarlem; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Wellness Program

Home Office Reimbursement

Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Equity

Volunteering PTO

Job summary

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites. The Platform teams develop and deploy imagery access and analysis capabilities for customers using Go, Python, Java, Postgres and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms such as Google Cloud.

The team is distributed across Europe and North America and values clear asynchronous communication. This is a full-time, hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in the Haarlem office.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development within a production environment, with Python, Java and/or Go.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices and development methodologies.
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, written and verbal; able to drive feedback and decisions.
• Familiarity with GCP or AWS; quick to learn new technologies; navigate ambiguous problem spaces.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate imagery access and analysis capabilities for customers using a stack including Go, Python and Java.
• Contribute to scalable, observable systems using open source technologies and industry standards.
• Collaborate across time zones in Europe and North America and participate in occasional on-sites at Planet offices.
• Work in a full-time, hybrid role requiring 3 days per week from our Haarlem office.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

GCP/AWS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Geospatial

Grafana

PostgreSQL

GeoJSON

GeoTIFF

Observability

Learning agility

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Geosciences, or related discipline

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Grafana

GeoJSON

GeoTIFF

PostgreSQL

GCP

AWS

Job description

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites. The Platform teams develop and deploy imagery access and analysis capabilities for customers using Go, Python, Java, Postgres and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms such as Google Cloud.

The team is distributed across Europe and North America and values clear asynchronous communication. This is a full-time, hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in the Haarlem office.