Senior Platform Engineer – Go/Python, Cloud APIs (Hybrid EU)

Planet; Berlin (NH); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Employee Wellness Program

Home Office Reimbursement

Phone & Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Equity

Volunteer Paid Time Off

Job summary

Planet is seeking a platform-focused software engineer to design, build, and run large-scale imagery access and analysis services. You will work across Go, Python, Java, Postgres, and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms, with an emphasis on scalable, observable systems and AI-assisted development.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers across Europe and North America, contribute code, perform reviews, and participate in on-call rotations to maintain reliability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience in a production environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Geosciences, or related field (or equivalent).
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering best practices and methodologies.
• Experience with Python, Java and/or Go; ability to learn quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and maintain scalable services and APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align goals.
• Write high-quality, observable production code and perform reviews.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain high standards.
• Leverage AI tooling responsibly within the development lifecycle.
• Own operation of APIs with SRE practices and on-call responsiveness.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Grafana

Job description

Planet is seeking a platform-focused software engineer to design, build, and run large-scale imagery access and analysis services. You will work across Go, Python, Java, Postgres, and Kubernetes on major cloud platforms, with an emphasis on scalable, observable systems and AI-assisted development.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers across Europe and North America, contribute code, perform reviews, and participate in on-call rotations to maintain reliability.