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About the Role

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. In this role, you will join Planet's Direct Access Service Infrastructure team, directly contributing to our next-generation Constellation as a Service platform, which supports on-premises deployments. You will be responsible for building, deploying, and operating critical compute software that supports end-to-end imaging operations within customer on-premises and/or cloud environments. You will partner closely with cross-functional engineering teams to enable and empower the integration of software solutions and the troubleshooting of distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Build and deploy computing services and infrastructure in customer environments for a next-generation satellite operations and image processing end-to-end platform
Operate in a high-impact, tight knit team to architect novel systems for air-gapped deployments at scale
Clarify and surface requirements from ambiguous use cases defined by cross-functional stakeholders, including internal users and external customers
Responsible for operations such as deployments, service orchestration, and documentation for cross platform stakeholders
Scale architecture while ensuring availability of services
Improve reliability and scalability by resolving edge cases, studying failure modes, and writing tests
Participate in on-call rotations to ensure operational excellence

Requirements

4+ years of experience building services that leverage cloud-native infrastructure and tooling
Experience deploying and maintaining bare-metal and cloud kubernetes through tools such as Talos, RKE2, Proxmox, or k3s
Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize, and/or similar IaC / GitOps tooling
Experience with CI/CD tooling, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, or CircleCI
Experience successfully building, releasing, and supporting highly available, consistently performant services
Knowledge of hardware and network level implications of on-prem compute
Experience with platform optimization, particularly resource optimization, management, and cluster tuning in a constrained environment
Ability to observe and troubleshoot distributed systems with tools such as Alloy, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
Advanced skills in Python, Bash, and other tooling as appropriate to build services and meet product goals
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work through collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams
Experience working with Jira for task management and progress tracking

Skills

Talos
RKE2
Proxmox
k3s
Terraform
Ansible
Helm
Kustomize
Jenkins
GitLab CI/CD
Argo CD
CircleCI
Alloy
Prometheus
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Python
Bash
Jira
CUDA
Zero-trust architectures
Kubernetes cluster hardening
Security audits
Air-gapped environments

Location

San Francisco
Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

4+ years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar

Salary/Compensations

$144,500—$180,600 USD

Benefits

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
Volunteering Paid Time Off

About the Company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.
This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.
We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.
Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

Equal Opportunity

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply.
Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.