Senior Data Engineer - Hybrid, Global Data Pipelines

Planet; Denver, Washington (CO, District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 160,600 - 200,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

Paid time off

Wellness program

Job summary

Planet is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to architect and build production‑scale data ecosystems using cloud technologies. You will partner with product and engineering to deliver robust, scalable data solutions and guide end‑to‑end data architectures from design to production integration.

The role focuses on global monitoring products, leveraging Python/SQL, and modern toolchains like GitLab CI and Docker/Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering with leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Architect and oversee high‑availability data pipelines and ecosystems.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to shape a long‑term data strategy.
• Mentor peers and uphold code quality and CI/CD standards across the Data Team.

Skills

Data engineering

Python

SQL

CI/CD

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

Parquet

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

dbt

Terraform

Job description

Planet is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to architect and build production‑scale data ecosystems using cloud technologies. You will partner with product and engineering to deliver robust, scalable data solutions and guide end‑to‑end data architectures from design to production integration.

The role focuses on global monitoring products, leveraging Python/SQL, and modern toolchains like GitLab CI and Docker/Kubernetes.