Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth. We are a global company with employees working remotely worldwide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands. We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and 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.

Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience of which 5+ years of experience is in machine learning
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar
• Deep familiarity with time series methods, computer vision, and embeddings
• Data handling & preprocessing: Experience wrangling large datasets, ideally with geospatial libraries, combined with frameworks like PyTorch/TF for model development and training
• ML engineering experience: Comfortable writing clean, modular Python code and applying software development best practices (Git, testing, CI/CD)
• Hands-on production expertise: Experience deploying models (via Docker, Kubernetes, or similar) and understand best practices for monitoring and maintaining them at scale
• AWS or GCP experience
• Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining technical topics to diverse audiences

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off