Senior Data Engineer – Global Cloud & Geospatial Platform

Uncover; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Generous PTO and parental leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own and build production‑scale data ecosystems using cloud technologies. You’ll act as a strategic partner to stakeholders, delivering end‑to‑end data solutions and driving CI/CD and QA processes.

You will lead the Data Team within Planet’s Software Engineering organization and focus on global monitoring products for defense and intelligence sectors. The role is hybrid, requiring presence at our DC or Denver offices a few days per week, with a strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years of data engineering and technical leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Expertise designing end‑to‑end data architectures for global, customer‑facing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and architect production data ecosystems and pipelines.
• Translate requirements into scalable data solutions and CI/CD.
• Mentor and lead the Data Team and uphold architectural integrity.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data architecture

CI/CD

Leadership

Communication

Cloud-native architectures (GCP)

Event-driven architectures

Big data

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Terraform

dbt

Parquet

Job description

Planet is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to own and build production‑scale data ecosystems using cloud technologies. You’ll act as a strategic partner to stakeholders, delivering end‑to‑end data solutions and driving CI/CD and QA processes.

You will lead the Data Team within Planet’s Software Engineering organization and focus on global monitoring products for defense and intelligence sectors. The role is hybrid, requiring presence at our DC or Denver offices a few days per week, with a strong