Planet
Space
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
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“Senior Software Engineer at Planet. Skills: Cloud platform. Evolve existing IAM services. Develop new features”
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot technical issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
6+ years of experience in software development, Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, Experience with Java or other similar object oriented language, Experience with REST APIs, HTTP(S), Good grasp of relational databases, Professional working proficiency in English
Nice to Have
Experience with React and front-end development, Experience with Python and/or Go, Experience in authentication technologies such as OAuth and IAM, Experience building backend services and infrastructure that scales, Experience with GCP or AWS, Expertise with Java 21+ for the JAX-RS, CDI, Jackson, Experience with the Grafana ecosystem
What You'll Do.
Evolve existing IAM services
Design future IAM services
Champion platform adoption
Develop tools and libraries
Write technical documentation
Maintain web applications
Identify technical issues
Troubleshoot technical issues
Resolve technical issues
Mentor junior colleagues
Conduct design reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross organizational stakeholders; Engineering teams
Communication Scope
Technical documentation
Full Job Description
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 team responsible for Identity and Access Management (IAM) in the Planet Insights Platform is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, passionate about building a great platform that other teams and customers want to use. Our team mission is continuous evolution of the IAM services of the platform, enabling wide adoption of the platform as the foundation for building new solutions in the Earth observation space both for internal and external customers. Our current activities are focused on facilitating M2M communication between all platform services and making our services the enabler of secure and controlled data access in rapid, AI powered solution development. Your job will be maintaining and evolving our IAM services and web applications with a focus on making the platf
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