Senior Geospatial Software Engineer — AI, Cloud, Defense

Telemetry Today LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision

HSA with company contribution

Paid parental leave (16 weeks)

Home office reimbursement

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Planet seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build transformative solutions for Global Defense and Security customers. You will be a hands‑on contributor shaping design and delivering high‑impact software in a collaborative engineering team.

You will own end‑to‑end delivery with autonomy, turning ambiguous requirements into reliable software. This role suits an individual contributor who thrives on ownership, in a hybrid, Arlington, VA based setting.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Geospatial development experience with Rasterio/Fiona/Shapely/OpenLayers/GDAL.
• Proficiency in Python and modern software practices.
• Experience with AWS or GCP.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead full development lifecycle from discovery to deployment for customer solutions.
• Develop robust full‑stack software including frontend/backend, data integration, and cloud infra.
• Collaborate with customers to translate requirements into technical tasks.
• Identify reusable patterns to inform platform development.
• Leverage AI tooling with an AI‑first mindset for rapid iteration.
• Mentor teammates and conduct code reviews.

Skills

Python

Geospatial development

AWS

GCP

Full-stack development

CI/CD

Technical communication

Security clearance TS/TSI

Travel 30-50%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Rasterio

Fiona

Shapely

OpenLayers

GDAL

Git"

Job description

Planet seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build transformative solutions for Global Defense and Security customers. You will be a hands‑on contributor shaping design and delivering high‑impact software in a collaborative engineering team.

You will own end‑to‑end delivery with autonomy, turning ambiguous requirements into reliable software. This role suits an individual contributor who thrives on ownership, in a hybrid, Arlington, VA based setting.