Software Engineer, Front-end - D&I Solutions

Lead frontend development for a satellite-data monitoring application serving defense and intelligence customers. Design and implement React and TypeScript features, guide frontend architecture, contribute to backend APIs, mentor engineers through reviews and technical discussions, and collaborate with product managers and designers. Own feature delivery from discovery through deployment while improving state management, data fetching, component design, testing, and frontend best practices., The Global Monitoring Service (GMS) App Team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the development of our application’s frontend. We are looking for an individual who can contribute deep technical expertise and provide mentorship to ensure adherence to frontend best practices. The GMS App Team is responsible for providing a customized application for Defense & Intelligence customers from around the world. This application provides daily, near-real time monitoring and analytic insights on customer-defined sites built atop Planet’s satellite data.

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

Impact You’ll Own:

• Design and implement frontend features.
• Develop and maintain frontend applications using React and TypeScript.
• Mentor other engineers through code reviews and technical discussions.
• Contribute to backend systems and APIs as needed, with a primary focus on frontend ownership
• Drive architectural decisions impacting the frontend, including component design and state management patterns.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver solutions.

• 10+ years of relevant work experience developing web applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other relevant field.
• Proficiency with React and component-based architecture.
• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Ability to lead feature implementation from discovery through deployment.
• Ability to improve team capabilities through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
• Experience mentoring teammates on Front End best practices.
• Professional working proficiency in English, the language of the company.
• Experience with state management and data fetching in frontend applications.
• Experience working with REST APIs.
• Deep understanding of HTML, CSS, and responsive design.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with monorepo tooling or large-scale frontend architectures.
• Experience with mapping libraries or data visualization tools.
• Experience with modern testing frameworks and CI/CD practices and leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity.
• Background in geospatial technologies, remote sensing, or the defense and intelligence sector.

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.

• 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, The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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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.