Software Engineering Manager
PlanetRemote
Full Time
Posted January 31, 2025
$143k - $203k
Not Specified
Remote
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Job Description
The Software Engineering Manager at Planet will lead a high-performing engineering team responsible for large-scale compute processing systems that support the transformation and delivery of satellite imagery data. This role emphasizes servant leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and the development of a reliable and scalable infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the engineering team responsible for large scale compute processing systems.
- Ensure infrastructure is reliable, secure, and scalable.
- Unblock engineers on dependencies and define team work priorities.
- Collaborate across engineering organization to align efforts and ensure service delivery.
- Foster a culture of innovation and customer service within the team.
- Evangelize team services to drive adoption across engineering organizations.
- Ensure best practices for software development, testing, and deployment are utilized.
- Contribute to the evolution of computing infrastructure strategy.
- Own team roadmap strategy and execution against priorities.
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.
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
Remote-friendly work environment
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
US base salary range of $142,800 - $203,200 depending on location and experience
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