Software Engineer (Missions Software)

Planet; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health plan

Wellness program

Flexible time off

Recognition programs

Commuter benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Offsites & happy hours

Volunteering benefits

Job summary

Planet's Mission Control is a web-based application that enables spacecraft operators and analysts to monitor, control, and study our growing fleet of satellites. It is flanked by distributed microservices that handle scheduling, telemetry processing, and other operational needs.

You’ll join a team that builds, maintains, and operates these tools, delivering a seamless interface for operators, analysts, and engineers to interact with assets in space.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in API design.
• Experience in Python programming.
• Experience with automated testing, code review, and documentation.
• Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like GitLab CI and Docker.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, build, and operate Planet's Mission Control services.
• Specify and implement new HTTP APIs and improve existing ones.
• Evaluate technologies and design scalable infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Satellite Ops, Pipeline, and Product teams to meet needs of Planet's missions.
• Ensure robust monitoring with Datadog or Sentry.

Skills

API design

Python programming

Automated testing

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Linux

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

GitLab CI

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Datadog

Sentry

Ansible

Job description

• Planet's Mission Control is a web-based application that empowers spacecraft operators and analysts to monitor, control, and study our growing fleet of satellites. It is flanked by a number of distributed microservices that handle spacecraft scheduling, tasking, telemetry processing, and similar operational needs


• Together, these services automate much of the day-to-day operations of Planet's fleet of satellites


• You’ll be a part of a team that builds, maintains, and operates these tools. Our mission is to offer a seamless interface that enables spacecraft operators, analysts, and engineers at Planet to interact effortlessly with our assets in space


• We strive to minimize operational burden, and to automate all aspects of satellite operations. You will be a part of a team that will support, enable and engage with the end users to iterate on these systems. In this role, you will tackle and solve a broad array of engineering problems in a dynamic environment


• Maintain and augment the automation and services ultimately responsible for the operation of Planet's satellites. This includes but is not limited to:


• Specify and implement new HTTP APIs and help improve existing ones


• Evaluate and choose appropriate software technologies


• Design and deploy critical infrastructure


• Contribute with a team that values open and honest communication, collaboration, self-learning and initiative to solve problems big and small


• Work closely with various teams across Planet, ranging from Satellite and Ground Operations, to Pipeline and Product teams to ensure the satellite constellation meets all of the needs to achieve Planet's missions

Benefits

• Comprehensive health plan


• Wellness program and massages


• Flexible time off


• Recognition programs


• Commuter benefits


• Learning and tuition reimbursement


• Parental leave


• Offsites and happy hours


• Volunteering benefits

Requirements

• Experience in API design


• Experience in Python programming


• Experience with automated testing, code review, and documentation


• Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.)


• 2-3 years of relevant work experience


• Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams


• Proficient Linux skills


• Ability to be a self-starter for solving problems in a dynamic environment


• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar


• Experience with maintaining peer-reviewed code and continuous integration and deployment workflows and tooling like GitLab CI and Docker or similar


• Experience maintaining infrastructure with Ansible or similar (eg. Kubernetes, Terraform)


• Experience building services that leverage cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCP


• Experience working with monitoring tools like Datadog, Sentry, or equivalent


• Experience working in microservice environments


• Knowledge of aerospace concepts