Senior Storage Platform Engineer — Remote

Planetlabs; United States; On-site; USD 160,600 - 200,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Generous Paid Time Off

16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave

Wellness Program

Home Office Reimbursement

Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Planetlabs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their storage platform for data infrastructure, focusing on backend systems at scale. You will collaborate on object storage, metadata indexing, and ensure data accessibility for various projects.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, particularly in Go and Python, and thrive in a remote setting. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, generous PTO, and equity opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 6+ years of Go and Python development.
• Fluency with AI-assisted development tools.
• Experience with relational and non-relational datastores.
• Ability to lead system design conversations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain systems for data access.
• Operate and tune Elasticsearch indexing.
• Shape technical approach for high-impact projects.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap.

Skills

Go development

Python development

AI-assisted development tools

Monitoring and operating cloud-native software

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

PostgreSQL

MySQL

BigTable

Elasticsearch

Job description

Planetlabs is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their storage platform for data infrastructure, focusing on backend systems at scale. You will collaborate on object storage, metadata indexing, and ensure data accessibility for various projects.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, particularly in Go and Python, and thrive in a remote setting. Benefits include comprehensive medical plans, generous PTO, and equity opportunities.