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 Area Monitoring (AM) Signals and Markers team is looking for a Software Engineering Manager, passionate about leading engineers in building the next generation of agricultural and environmental monitoring systems. Our platform began as a solution for the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)—a collection of web applications, APIs, and data services for monitoring agriculture with satellite imagery.

While this remains a core commitment, our vision is expanding. We are evolving the platform into a more generic, scalable, and reusable system to create a robust foundation for future area monitoring solutions and products. Your job will be to lead this team, mentoring a mix of junior and senior engineers as they strengthen our core infrastructure and build horizontal capabilities for new markets. You will work closely with Product Managers and Technical Leads, and collaborate with multiple teams. Ideal candidates have a positive attitude and are excited about Planet’s mission.

This is a full-time, remote position based in Slovenia. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

Impact You’ll Own

• Lead a team of software engineers, including planning and code reviews.
• Take ownership for the overall planning, execution and success of sophisticated technical projects.
• Represent your team in cross-functional interactions, such as vetting out product requirements, aligning priorities across various branches of the organisation as well as managing dependencies with other engineering leads.
• Think critically about the long-term career development of team members, providing regular performance feedback and mentoring.
• Conduct regular check-ins and 1-1s with team members.
• Own the operation of Area monitoring signals and markers pipeline by measuring performance, seeking technical and process-related improvements, and responding to incidents and performance anomalies.
• Contribute technically to projects by being a hands-on coder and technical resource as necessary and removing roadblocks. In this role you may code up to 50% of your time.

What You Bring

• 4+ years of industry experience, and 2+ years of experience as a manager/supervisor responsible for software engineers.
• Experience leading teams to deliver highly available, consistently performant services.
• Experience with Python and related data/orchestration frameworks (e.g., Prefect, Ray, Pandas, Pydantic, FastAPI, etc.)
• Experience with REST APIs, HTTP(S).
• Experience with Cloud Infrastructure (preferably AWS).
• Excellent communication skills in English, the language of our company.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams that put customer requirements first.
• Ability to be adaptable and open to changes and challenges.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Located near our Ljubljana office with an ability to come into office 3x a week
• Experience with cloud-native data and processing solutions (e.g., Ray, Apache Iceberg, etc.)
• Experience with containerization.
• Experience with geospatial technologies, remote sensing, or big data.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Gradle).
• Experience building backend services and infrastructure that scales and is easy to evolve.

Benefits While Working At Planet

• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Why We Care So Much About Belonging

We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belonging—dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply! At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description.

EEO Statement

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.