Senior Software Engineer, Devops

Planet

Germany
Remote (with in-office expectations for local candidates)
Container-based application lifecycle
Bi-weekly releases
Ci/cd pipelines
Planet is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on DevOps to enhance the Global Monitoring Service App Team, which provides customized applications for Defense & Intelligence clients using satellite data. The role is fully remote but candidates are expected to work from an office three days a week if located near one

Job Summary

  • Own the container-based application lifecycle, bi-weekly releases, and CI/CD pipelines for GMS, ensuring fast, secure, and reliable releases.
  • Manage deployments on customer-isolated Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and performance by meeting contractual SLAs through proactive monitoring and alert response.
  • Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and invites people from all backgrounds to apply.

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Planet is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on DevOps to enhance the Global Monitoring Service App Team, which provides customized applications for Defense & Intelligence clients using satellite data. The role is fully remote but candidates are expected to work from an office three days a week if located near one.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • container-based application lifecycle
  • bi-weekly releases
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • customer-isolated Kubernetes clusters
  • stateful applications
  • persistent storage
  • infrastructure-as-code
  • 24x7 on-call rotation
  • secrets management
  • cloud-native environment
  • dbt

Nice-to-have

  • Defense & Intelligence customers
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Grafana
  • Kubernetes custom resources (CRDs)
  • Geospatial software community
  • front end development practices
  • Professional Services

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
  • Experience deploying and managing containers
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
  • Track record of owning and optimizing CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience participating in on-call rotations
  • Experience deploying in secured customer environments
  • Willingness to travel quarterly

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