Senior Software Engineer

About the role

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:

The team responsible for Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the Planet Insights Platform is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, passionate about building a great platform that other teams and customers want to use. Our team mission is continuous evolution of the IAM services of the platform, enabling wide adoption of the platform as the foundation for building new solutions in the Earth observation space both for internal and external customers. Our current activities are focused on facilitating M2M communication between all platform services and making our services the enabler of secure and controlled data access in rapid, AI powered solution development. The IAM team uses Java and Python to deliver modern software solutions. Your job will be maintaining and evolving our IAM services with a focus on making the platform secure, reliable, and easy to use while working with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Ljubljana office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own:

- Evolve existing IAM services and develop new features.

- Design the future IAM services in collaboration with multiple teams and cross organizational stakeholders.

- Champion the platform adoption, developing tools and libraries and writing technical documentation to support engineering teams to integrate with IAM.

- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues related to IAM solutions.

- Mentor junior colleagues.

- Conduct design and code reviews.

What You Bring:

- 6+ years of experience in software development.

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.

- Cross-functional collaboration skills.