Backend Engineer, Compute Platform (Go/Python, Remote)

Planetlabs; United States; On-site; USD 127,000 - 158,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Generous Paid Time Off

Home Office Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Planetlabs is seeking a Software Engineer to develop and operate backend services using Go, Python, and Kubernetes. This full-time position allows remote work, expected to be in the US, with responsibilities focused on the reliability and scalability of data services.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of experience, strong cloud-native development skills, and excellent communication capabilities. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, generous PTO, and more.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant work experience building services in a language like Go or Python.
• Experience with cloud-native development – containerization, cloud services like GCP/AWS.
• Experience with large shared codebases and CI/CD workflows.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the evolution of compute and data delivery services.
• Collaborate to enable efficient access to data sets.
• Manage performance and operational reliability of services.

Skills

Cloud-native development

Interpersonal skills

Service reliability

Education

4+ years of software engineering experience

Tools

Go

Python

Kubernetes

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Planetlabs is seeking a Software Engineer to develop and operate backend services using Go, Python, and Kubernetes. This full-time position allows remote work, expected to be in the US, with responsibilities focused on the reliability and scalability of data services.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of experience, strong cloud-native development skills, and excellent communication capabilities. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, generous PTO, and more.