Backend Software Engineer

Welcome to Planet.

We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.

This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.

We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.

As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.

We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.

Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.

Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role: We are looking for a Backend Software Engineer to help build the services that turn global satellite data into mission-critical intelligence.

Our team owns the backend platform behind a next-generation monitoring product designed to provide near real-time observability of any location on Earth.

Our foundation includes environmental and agricultural monitoring, and we are evolving the platform into a scalable, reusable system.

In this role, you will work on well-scoped tasks within a Java + Spring services monorepo, our Keycloak-based identity layer, and the supporting cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines that keep everything shipping.