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About the role
Planet's global monitoring products give defence and intelligence customers frequent, wide-area views of what is changing. As a Senior Data Engineer on the GMS Data Team you design and build the data systems behind these products, end to end.
Key responsibilities
- Architect high-availability data pipelines and set standards for running them
- Build data solutions from design to CI/CD, orchestration and automated QA
- Turn complex requirements from product and engineering into scalable systems
- Lead the evolution of the data systems for global monitoring
Requirements
- 6 to 8 years of data engineering with technical leadership
- A degree in a relevant field
- Expert Python and SQL for ETL/ELT, including event-driven pipelines
- End-to-end data architecture for customer-facing products
- GitLab CI, Docker and Kubernetes
Location and schedule
- Hybrid: you work from the Arlington, Virginia office 3 days a week
Salary and benefits
US base salary $142,800 to $178,500 a year, plus possible bonus and equity. Benefits include medical, dental and vision cover, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and tuition support.
How to apply
Apply on the company's own site.

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