[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer REMOTE USA
Position: Senior Software Engineer
Date Posted: March 3, 2026
Industry: Software Engineering / Space & Data Technology
Employment Type: Full Time (Remote – United States)
Experience: 6+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on infrastructure or DevOps
Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field
Salary: $142,800 – $203,200 USD (depending on location; New York City, San Francisco, or US National ranges)
Location: United States, REMOTE
Company: Planet
Description:
Planet is a pioneering space and data company that designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. Planet delivers a revolutionary cloud-based dataset to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors worldwide. By controlling every aspect of hardware, software, and data processing, Planet creates a truly integrated and inspiring work environment.
The Global Monitoring Service (GMS) App Team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to manage and optimize container-based applications, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments for defense and intelligence customer applications built atop Planet’s satellite data. This role demands strong expertise in DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud-native operations, with responsibilities including application lifecycle management, migrations, Kubernetes deployments, security compliance, and monitoring complex distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the containerized application lifecycle, bi-weekly releases, and CI/CD pipelines for GMS.
- Manage deployments on customer-isolated Kubernetes clusters with persistent storage, infrastructure-as-code, and secure environments.
- Monitor service availability and performance to meet strict SLAs and SLOs; participate in 24×7 on-call rotation.
- Debug and resolve complex issues rapidly for customers or internal monitoring alerts.
- Implement authentication for GMS resources and support customer-facing teams with full-stack expertise.
- Manage Terraform deployments for data pipelines and ensure operational excellence.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of software engineering experience focusing on infrastructure or DevOps.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, stateful applications, persistent storage, and node pool isolation.
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Makefiles, manifests, and cloud-native security best practices.
- Ability to monitor and maintain complex distributed systems while meeting strict SLAs.
- Experience in secured customer deployments and readiness to collaborate across time zones.
- Strong ownership mentality and independence over full deployment lifecycles.
- Experience managing data pipelines, particularly with dbt.
Preferred Qualifications / Standouts:
- Experience with Defense & Intelligence customers.
- Familiarity with SQL/noSQL data stores, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Kubernetes CRDs, and open-source contributions.
- Exposure to front-end development and professional services/customer-facing deployments.
- Engagement with geospatial software communities.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions
- Generous Paid Time Off plus holidays and company-wide days off
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Home Office, Phone, and Internet reimbursement
- Tuition reimbursement and LinkedIn Learning access
- Equity and potential bonus incentives
- Commuter benefits (if local to an office)
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
This is a full-time position with Planet offering competitive salaries and opportunities to work on cutting-edge satellite and data technologies while contributing to global humanitarian and environmental solutions.
Disclaimer: The job details above are structured for clarity and based on publicly available content from recruiters/Company pages. All rights remain with the original source; names may be withheld for confidentiality. We are not involved in the hiring process.
