Senior Software Engineer, Storage Infrastructure
Planet
Posted
Jun 23, 2026
Location
Remote (US)
Type
Full-time
Compensation
$160600 - $215200
Mission
What you will drive
- Build and maintain systems that provide efficient access to new and growing data sets
- Extend and improve services for internal data search and image processing
- Operate and tune Elasticsearch indexing for core data sets
- Full service ownership by measuring performance, creating alerts, being on call, and responding to incidents and performance anomalies
Impact
The difference you'll make
Planet's satellite imagery powers climate monitoring, disaster response, and precision agriculture. This role ensures that petabytes of critical data are reliably stored, discoverable, and accessible for these humanitarian and environmental applications.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with 6+ years in Go and Python building production backend services
- Experience monitoring and operating highly scalable cloud-native software
- Experience with relational datastores (PostgreSQL or MySQL) and non-relational datastores (e.g., BigTable, Elasticsearch)
- Experience building, releasing, and supporting highly available, consistently performant services
Benefits
What's in it for you
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans; Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contribution; Generous Paid Time Off; 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave; Wellness Program; Home Office Reimbursement; Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement; Tuition Reimbursement; Equity; Commuter Benefits; Volunteering PTO. US base salary range: $160,600 - $215,200 USD depending on location.
About
Inside Planet
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.