Software Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Planet, a global space and data company, as a Software Engineering Manager leading a team responsible for large-scale compute processing systems supporting imagery transformation and delivery. You will oversee a highly reliable, secure, and scalable infrastructure processing terabytes of data daily. This servant leadership role emphasizes enabling your team's success by removing roadblocks, defining work objectives, and aligning work with organizational practices. You will collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including Product, Software Engineering, and Space Systems. The position is full-time and remote, based in the US or Canada. You will contribute to Planet's mission by building and executing a strategy for core shared compute infrastructure, supporting internal customers, and fostering a culture of innovation and customer service.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of relevant work experience, with 2+ years of supervisory or leadership experience
• Ability to build, retain, and grow diverse, geographically dispersed, high-performing teams
• Experience with managing teams that own and operate high-volume, highly available, scalable, distributed systems
• Experience building infrastructure/tooling at scale that gains widespread adoption
• Experience with growing team members through career development coaching, technical or non-technical mentoring, and creating an open and healthy team culture
• Proven asynchronous communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally with partner Engineering and Product teams
• Demonstrated experience with driving large scale initiatives that require communication and coordination across multiple departments
• Experience working with various Agile methodologies and project management frameworks

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across the engineering organization to align efforts, keep engineers unblocked, and ensure delivery of services/features/products
• Foster a culture of innovation and customer service within the team and the organization you support
• Evangelize the set of services your team owns across the engineering organizations in order to drive adoption of the architecture where required
• Ensure that the team is utilizing best practices for software development, testing, and deployment
• Contribute to the evolution of a computing infrastructure strategy that aligns with and supports Planet’s North Star and product strategy
• Own team roadmap strategy and execution against the roadmap priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience leading a team that specializes in large scale computing systems
• Experience in geospatial or satellite imagery domains

Benefits

• Extended Health and Dental Coverage
• Health Spending Account
• RRSP with company contribution
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
• Remote-friendly work environment
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Quality of Life Stipend
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off