Planet jobs

Senior Marketing Business Operations Manager at Planet, a space/data imaging company based in San Francisco. The role supports marketing leadership operations, including planning, cross-functional project management, and team alignment. Hybrid position requiring 3 days/week in San Francisco HQ office.

Planet is hiring a Software Engineer - Platform for Mission Systems to own cloud-based infrastructure services, tooling, and automation for spacecraft operations. Responsibilities include managing cloud services, selecting technologies, deploying critical infrastructure, and cross-team collaboration. The position is remote but explicitly allows US or Canada and requires 3 days/week in-office work if near a Planet location.

Planet is hiring a Software Engineer for Mission Systems to work on Mission Control, a web-based application for spacecraft operations, alongside distributed microservices for scheduling, tasking, and telemetry. The role involves maintaining automation, designing HTTP APIs, selecting technologies, and managing cloud infrastructure. The position is listed as remote-first but explicitly allows US or Canada and mandates 3 days/week office work if near an office location.

Planet is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Storage Infrastructure team to build and operate a petabyte-scale object and metadata storage platform underpinning the company's data infrastructure. The role involves designing horizontally scalable storage architecture, managing Elasticsearch indexing, event notification, disaster recovery, and day-2 operations for large-scale data systems. Fully remote, US-based; requires hands-on ownership of backend systems, performance tuning, on-call responsibilities, and technical mentorship. Tech stack details not fully specified but emphasizes large-scale backend systems and infrastructure.

Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer at Planet. Executive role responsible for enterprise-wide information security strategy, cyber risk management, threat prevention, and team leadership. Requires security leadership, risk management, and strategic business acumen. Hybrid San Francisco position (3 days/week onsite). C-suite security executive role outside software engineering domain.

Product Marketing Manager for AI Solutions at Planet, responsible for defining go-to-market strategy, positioning, and messaging for AI capabilities. Responsibilities include serving as strategic partner to product teams, translating geospatial AI capabilities into buyer value, managing customer feedback loops, creating competitive insights, and presenting at events. Requires technical understanding and public speaking skills. This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days/week at San Francisco or Washington D.C. office.

Planet seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to develop transformative solutions for strategic Defense and Security customers. This remote US role involves full-stack software development (front-end, back-end, AWS, CI/CD), direct customer collaboration to translate requirements into robust solutions, and leveraging AI tooling to drive rapid iteration. The position offers high autonomy, mentoring opportunities, and direct impact on customer commitments.

Electrical Engineer (Power) role at Planet focused on designing power subsystems (MPPTs, regulators, distribution) for satellite constellations. Requires 4+ years PCB design and power electronics expertise, schematic capture, and analog/mixed-signal design. Hybrid position requiring 3 days/week in San Francisco office. Offers competitive engineering work in hardware domain but misaligned with software engineering focus.

Commercial AI Innovation Lead at Planet, remote US-based role overseeing strategy and prototyping for Planet's earth observation AI/imagery applications across commercial verticals. Responsibilities include identifying high-value use cases, building MVPs, and partnering with sales and product teams to translate AI strategy into revenue-generating proof points, with emphasis on financial services, supply chain, energy, and infrastructure sectors.

Planet seeks a Technical Marketing Manager focused on Earth Observation data, responsible for creating product demonstrations, animations, and video content. This hybrid role (3 days/week in SF or DC) requires both geospatial expertise and video/animation skills to translate complex EO workflows into marketing assets for technical and executive audiences.

Media Programs Research Lead for Planet's Communications team supporting Media and Think Tank Program. Role involves analyzing satellite imagery, developing stories for journalists and think tanks, managing media relationships, and supporting crisis response efforts. Requires 4+ years newsroom/think tank/data analyst experience and GIS or image analysis skills. Hybrid role requiring 3 days/week in SF or DC office. Communications/research function outside software engineering domain.