Senior Full-stack Engineer, React & Python (Remote US)

Planet runs the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites. Its Global Monitoring Service (GMS) App Team builds an application that gives defence and intelligence customers daily, near-real-time monitoring of the sites they choose. You work across the whole stack and mentor other engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build features from the user interface through the API and data layers
• Build applications in React, TypeScript and Python
• Build the APIs and services that connect the app to Planet's geospatial systems
• Lead architecture decisions: component design, state management, API contracts and service boundaries
• Own features end to end, including deployment, monitoring and production support
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical discussions

Requirements

• 10+ years building and running web applications end to end
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Strong React and TypeScript, and a server-side language such as Python or Go
• Production experience with backend services, REST APIs and relational databases
• Must be able to access US export-controlled information (EAR/ITAR)

Nice to have

• Mapping libraries, geospatial data pipelines or data visualisation
• Kubernetes, containers and infrastructure as code
• A background in remote sensing or the defence and intelligence sector

Remote details

• Full-time, remote, for people based in the United States
• If you live near a Planet office, you work from it 3 days a week

Salary and benefits

US base salary $160,600 to $228,600 a year depending on location (US national range $160,600 to $200,800), plus possible bonus and equity. Benefits include medical, dental and vision cover, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, home office and internet reimbursement, and tuition support.

How to apply

Applications are reviewed as they arrive and the posting can close early, so apply soon. Apply on the company's own site.