Jobs at Planet

Embed within product, software, and data teams to translate ITAR/EAR and OFAC requirements into scalable product features and workflows; conduct export classification reviews; design technical access controls and KYC/restricted-party screening; manage compliance vendor contracts; maintain contemporaneous documentation; audit deployment and development workflows to enable secure, compliant rapid delivery.

Drive complex, cross-functional technical programs from concept through delivery. Develop schedules, milestones, metrics, processes, and risk mitigation plans; coordinate Engineering, Product, Design, Space Systems, Enablement, Support, and customers. Translate technical and business requirements, manage dependencies, facilitate data-driven decisions, communicate program status, and improve operational processes. The role supports defense and intelligence solutions, custom deployments, and engineering release cycles in a hybrid Washington, DC or Denver office environment.

Leads and scales multidisciplinary engineering teams developing mission-critical defense and intelligence software using satellite imagery, geospatial analytics, AI/ML, and cloud platforms. Owns architecture, systems development, operational reliability, deployment pipelines, compliance with ITAR/EAR, and product engineering roadmaps. Partners with product and executive leadership to deliver high-throughput analytics, real-time alerting, automated detection, and secure commercial and sovereign-cloud solutions.

Lead the modernization and automation of Planet’s global revenue accounting and Quote-to-Cash processes. Responsibilities include configuring revenue subledgers, integrating ERP and data warehouse systems, automating ASC 606 disclosures and reconciliations, supporting new monetization models, managing SOX controls, coordinating audits, maintaining procedures, and training finance teams. The role partners extensively with Sales Operations, Product, Pricing, Legal, IT, FP&A, and auditors to ensure scalable, compliant revenue operations.

The Finance Manager will create a robust revenue forecasting process, analyze key revenue drivers, and collaborate across departments for strategic insight and reporting.

Build and maintain full-stack systems for a global monitoring application supporting federal partners and satellite data access. Responsibilities include designing scalable backend services and frontend applications, improving architecture and infrastructure, integrating complex customer requirements, and owning mission-system quality and availability. The role requires collaboration across teams throughout the engineering lifecycle and experience with cloud infrastructure, observability, geospatial data, and complex integrations.

Build and operate highly scalable storage infrastructure supporting petabyte-scale imagery data. Responsibilities include developing backend services and APIs, managing object storage and metadata indexing, tuning Elasticsearch, improving disaster recovery, monitoring performance, responding to incidents, contributing to architecture and roadmaps, and advising engineers. The role requires strong production software engineering experience with Go or Python, cloud-native systems, relational and non-relational databases, and highly available services.

Lead frontend development for a satellite-data monitoring application serving defense and intelligence customers. Design and implement React and TypeScript features, guide frontend architecture, contribute to backend APIs, mentor engineers through reviews and technical discussions, and collaborate with product managers and designers. Own feature delivery from discovery through deployment while improving state management, data fetching, component design, testing, and frontend best practices.

The Software Engineer in Platform Operations designs and manages core infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable platform operations while collaborating with software engineers to improve deployment experiences.