# Software Engineer, Missions Software at Planet

- Company: Planet
- What the company does: Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.planet.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: United States, Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-07-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetlabs/jobs/8008355
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/planet-software-engineer-missions-software/

## About the role

Planet’s Mission Control is a web-based application that empowers spacecraft operators and analysts to monitor, control, and study our growing fleet of satellites. It is flanked by a number of distributed microservices that handle spacecraft scheduling, tasking, telemetry processing, and similar operational needs. Together, these services automate much of the day-to-day operations of Planet's fleet of satellites.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or similar
- 2–3 years of relevant work experience
- Experience in Python programming
- Experience in API design
- Experience with automated testing, code review, and documentation
- Experience with relational database technologies (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, etc.)

Tags: Missions Software