Senior Software Engineering Manager
PlanetLocation not specified
Full Time
Posted February 26, 2026
$172k - $229k
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Job Description
The role involves leading and mentoring a remote engineering team focused on integrating Planet's satellite imagery and data services for defense intelligence customers, ensuring successful product delivery, collaboration, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide and mentor a team of software engineers and data scientists to deliver products for the Global Monitoring Service
- Ensure efficient shipping of product improvements and features
- Partner with product management to define strategy and make tactical decisions
- Refine and implement team processes including task planning, code reviews, and on-call rotations
- Establish engineering practices for building software and designing training inference pipelines
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on model maintenance, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure needs
Requirements
- Six (6) years of related experience in software engineering, data science, or a relevant field.
- Four (4) years of experience as a manager, with the ability to build, retain, and grow diverse, geographically dispersed teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Experience in delivering data-intensive software products at scale.
- Solid understanding of fundamentals in software engineering, statistics, and machine learning.
- Success in establishing and evolving operational practices in a software engineering organization.
- Experience with change management, managing technical debt, and analyzing tradeoffs in solution builds.
- Experience with distributed cloud computing.
- This position requires access to export-controlled information, and employment or hiring of a contractor is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
Benefits & Perks
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
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives bonus and equity
Salary range based on location and experience (e.g., $172,200 - $215,200 in NYC, $182,900 - $228,600 in San Francisco, $160,600 - $200,800 US national)
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