Senior Software Engineer, Storage InfrastructurePlanet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.Key ResponsibilitiesThe Storage team at Planet builds and expands the core object and metadata storage platform that underpins the company's data infrastructure. The platform provides a horizontally scalable architecture that lets teams across the organization focus on what they do best while Storage handles data lifecycle, indexing, search, and all day-2 operations of managing a datastore at scale. Planet's constellation captures petabytes of imagery that powers everything from climate monitoring to disaster response and precision agriculture — and the Storage team makes sure that data is reliably stored, discoverable, and accessible.We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help evolve this platform. You'll work across the stack — from object storage and metadata indexing to event notification and disaster recovery — on complex systems that operate at massive scale. The ideal candidate acts as an advisor to others, brings specialized depth of expertise, applies broad knowledge of engineering principles, and strengthens the team through technical analysis and collaboration.This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States or Canada. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.Requirements6–8 years of software engineering experienceDemonstrated software development experience in Go, Python,



or similar contemporary languages building production backend services and APIsFluency with AI-assisted development tools (e.G. Claude, Copilot) as part of your daily engineering workflowExperience monitoring and operating highly scalable cloud-native softwareExperience with relational datastores (PostgreSQL or MySQL) and non-relational datastores (e.G. BigTable, Elasticsearch) and an understanding of when to use eachExperience building, releasing, and supporting highly available, consistently performant servicesExcellent communication skills and an ability to work well in a remote settingExperience improving codebases, documentation, and team practices through regular contributions beyond feature workExperience exercising judgment in selecting methods and adapting complex techniques for obtaining resultsAbility to advise team members on complex technical matters and adapt communication styles for key contactsAbility to analyze complex issues and provide in-depth technical evaluation for distributed backend services6+ years of Go development experience building production backend services6+ years of Python development experience building customer-facing APIsExperience maintaining infrastructure with Kubernetes and TerraformExperience building services that leverage cloud-based infrastructure and tooling such as AWS or GCPExperience working with geospatial data before, even tangentiallyThese offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plansHealth Savings

📌 Senior Software Engineer, Storage Infrastructure (Ottawa)
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