Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs

Develops and operates Planet's large-scale distributed backend services to process satellite imagery workflows reliably 24x7. Builds cloud-native services (Go/Python) on Kubernetes/GCP, manages persistence (Spanner, Redis, Postgres, BigTable), improves scalability and reliability, implements monitoring/alerts/runbooks, and participates in on-call rotations and incident response.

Lead go-to-market strategy, positioning, and messaging for Planet's AI capabilities. Translate technical AI features into buyer value, drive product-market fit, produce sales enablement assets, and partner with Product, Sales, and Marketing to launch AI-powered geospatial products. Hybrid role based in San Francisco or Washington D.C.

Build bespoke, mission-critical full-stack software for strategic (defense) customers: front-end, back-end, data integration, cloud (AWS/GCP), and CI/CD. Translate customer needs into technical requirements, mentor engineers, leverage AI tooling for rapid iteration, and deliver reliable solutions while traveling to customer sites.

The Talent Sourcer will develop candidate pipelines for complex roles, focusing on technical engineering and leadership searches, collaborating with hiring partners, and building market intelligence.

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.

The Senior Engineering Manager at Planet leads the engineering team, focusing on delivering products for Defense Intelligence. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, refining processes, and collaborating across teams for effective deployment of technology.

Build hands-on Earth Observation demos and technical marketing assets by working with Planet's data, APIs, GIS tools, and scripting. Produce and edit product videos, animations, webinars, and visuals that translate geospatial workflows for technical and executive audiences. Collaborate with product and engineering, maintain an asset library, and support sales enablement.

Lead Commercial AI Innovation to identify high-value geospatial AI use cases, rapidly prototype MVPs on Planet's platform, partner with Sales/Product/Data Science to validate and scale concepts, and drive commercial adoption and revenue impact for customers in finance, supply chain, energy, and infrastructure.