Software Engineer, Platform Operations

Planet

Location
Remote (US)
Type
Full-time
Posted
Feb 11, 2026
Last checked
Oct 12, 2026

Confirmed open on Planet's own job board on Oct 12, 2026. We re-check every day.

This role at a glance

  • Open right now. Planet's own job board listed it on October 12; we check again every day and take the listing down when they close it.
  • Competition for attention. 1,469 open full-time Climate & Environment roles on Remote Impact right now, 109 of them posted in the last week.
  • Planet has 38 other open remote roles here: see them all, or visit their careers page.

Job description

  • 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.

The difference you'll make

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.

What makes you a great fit

  • 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.

Benefits

  • 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

About 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 to help solve the world's toughest obstacles.

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