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 headquartered in San Francisco, California, Earth.

The Role:

The Quality Engineering team at Planet focuses on validating customer-facing applications. This ranges from web based applications where users can explore and visualize Earth, a platform that enables to ingest imagery, building tools, and monitoring  with Planet analytics.

We are looking for a strong Quality Engineer to join our team to help us in building  test automation and delivering high quality software.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain UI automated test cases using Selenium and Python
• Take ownership of validating features and test automation from planning, test execution to release.
• Develop and enhance tools and automation framework 
• Participate in test design discussions with the team, playing a role in test architecture/framework decisions.
• Detail oriented, highly adaptable and acts as a customer advocate for quality.
• Work closely with stakeholders, communicate with the scrum team about any issues, risks with the application in test.

The Must Haves:

• 6+ years of experience in software testing and automation
• Strong experience in developing test automation using Python.
• Strong experience in testing APIs and UI applications
• Experience in building reliable automation framework and test tools.
• Experience using Docker and containerized architectures
• Experience in Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) such as Gitlab, Jenkins.
• Experience with open source tools and resources

The Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience of geospatial concepts
• Experience in Agile development environment

Benefits While Working at Planet:

• Comprehensive Health Plan
• Wellness program and onsite massages in specific offices
• Flexible Time Off
• Recognition Programs
• Commuter Benefits
• Learning and Tuition Reimbursement
• Parental Leave
• Offsites and Happy Hours
• Volunteering Benefits

Some Press About Us: 

Our CEO, Will Marshall featured on TED and featured in a Planet Blog

“Planet: Bringing Space Back Down to Earth”

Tiny, privately owned satellites are changing how we view the Earth features in NBC News

“Planet And Rocket Lab Create Mission Patch To Honor Women In Aerospace” —Planet Blog

Why we care so much about Belonging. 

We’re dedicated to helping the whole Planet, and to do that we must strive to represent all of it within each of our offices and on all of our teams. That’s why Planet is guided by an ultimate  north star of Belonging, dreaming big as we approach our ongoing work with diversity, equity and inclusion.  If this job intrigues you, but you’re thinking you might not have all the qualifications, please... do apply!  At Planet, we are looking for well-rounded people from around the world who can contribute to more ways than just what is listed in this job description.  We don’t just fill positions, we aspire to fulfill people’s careers, most excited about folks who are motivated by our underlying humanitarian efforts.  We are a few orbits around the sun before we get to where we want to be, so we hope you’re excited to come along for the ride. 

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