Software Engineer, Platform Operations

• Design and implement core Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions to ensure the secure and scalable operation of Planet's services.
• Actively work on major platform modernization initiatives, including the full migration from legacy tooling to new solutions.
• Manage cloud-based infrastructure services, notably our fleet of Kubernetes clusters, and associated tooling to meet internal needs and support customer-facing service level agreements.
• Enhance and maintain observability for key platform services, leveraging Grafana and other tools to establish Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and improve operational readiness.

This role enables Planet's engineering teams to reliably deploy and scale their services, supporting the company's mission to use space to help life on Earth by delivering unprecedented data to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.

• 4+ years of experience in a Platform Engineering, System Administration, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes, underlying compute systems, and Linux.
• Working knowledge of public clouds, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. GitLab, ArgoCD), Configuration Management (e.g. Terraform, Crossplane) and GitOps principles.

• Extended Health and Dental Coverage
• Health Spending Account
• RRSP with company contribution
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Quality of Life Stipend
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

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 to help solve the world's toughest obstacles.