Software Engineer, Automated Mosaics

Employment Type: Full-time Location Type: Remote (Canada: B.C., Alberta, Ontario) Salary: Not Specified Application Deadline: September 24, 2025 by 11:59 PM PDT

Position Overview

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, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform. We are both a space company and data company, empowering customers globally to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve the world's toughest obstacles. Our inspiring office environment is a mix of experts from various domains, with a people-centric approach to culture and community, prioritizing team members and preparing 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 worldwide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

About the Role

The Automated Mosaics team is responsible for producing Planet’s Mosaic (or “Basemap”) products. We combine image processing and engineering expertise to create spatially and temporally consistent views of Earth at a global scale. Our products serve a wide range of customers across commercial, civil government, defense and intelligence, research, and nonprofit applications, supporting initiatives like Global Renewables Watch, deforestation monitoring, ecosystem monitoring, and permit enforcement. Our tools are also utilized by other teams at Planet for their product creation. Engineers on this team partner with infrastructure, data acquisition, and processing teams to ensure high-quality data delivery.

As a Software Engineer on the Automated Mosaics team, you will be instrumental in maintaining and enhancing Planet’s Mosaic products. Your responsibilities will include improving the mosaicing algorithm for better customer data, ensuring reliable and efficient data production at a global scale, and owning the systems that manage data production decisions.

Impact You'll Own

• Maintain and improve the image processing algorithms that create Planet’s Mosaic products.
• Ensure data production runs reliably and efficiently at a global scale.
• Guarantee that data requested by our customers is available when needed.
• Collaborate with upstream teams (data acquisition and processing) and downstream teams (data delivery and product integration) to ensure high image quality and smooth delivery.

What You Bring

• 4+ years of experience in a related field.
• Proficiency in scientific Python development.
• Familiarity with image processing methods or geospatial algorithms and data.
• Experience running workloads at scale in production.
• Excellent written communication skills to support asynchronous remote collaboration.
• Experience with collaborative coding tools such as GitHub or GitLab.
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn new skills as needed.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working with satellite imagery.
• Project management experience.
• Experience with logging, alerting, and monitoring tools for software.

Benefits While Working at Planet

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Extended Health and Dental Coverage
• Health Spending Account
• RRSP with company contribution
• Paid Time Off

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