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Senior Software Engineer at Planet - ApplyBlast

Senior Software Engineer

Planet

24 days ago

3.5 on Glassdoor

San Francisco, California, United States

Hybrid

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

The Senior Software Engineer on the Mission Optimization team will own end-to-end optimization initiatives for the world's largest Earth observation satellite constellation, framing ambiguous operational problems with data and driving solutions into production. This role involves designing and maintaining mission-critical software to schedule and optimize satellite activities, defining concepts of operations, and analyzing operational data to improve fleet efficiency. The engineer will collaborate with spacecraft, systems engineering, software, operations, and product teams to ensure customer commitments and SLAs are met.

Responsibilities

Design and develop mission-critical software for satellite constellation scheduling and optimization
Analyze operational data to surface inefficiencies and drive optimization initiatives end to end
Define concepts of operations for current fleets and new missions with engineering teams

Skills

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

About Planet

planet.com

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Company Size

501-1000 employees

Founded

2010

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Planet is an Earth-imaging company that operates a large constellation of small satellites to deliver frequent, high-cadence optical imagery of the planet. Its platform and APIs provide access to PlanetScope and SkySat imagery, global basemaps, change-detection services, and analytics tailored for industries like agriculture, forestry, mapping, energy, finance, and national security. Customers use Planet for near‑real‑time monitoring, trend analysis, and decision support at global scale. The company combines satellite data, scalable pipelines, and machine‑learning tools to turn imagery into actionable insights.