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Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA (Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to
by uzi 11y ago
Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA
(Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to remote workers.)
Planet Labs has a large number of positions open. We're a collection of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, science, etc. folks looking to image the whole planet on a daily basis with a large number of small satellites. It's a terrific bunch of folks doing what we call "agile aerospace".
I've personally been with the company for over a year, working on "Mission Control", an internal web app for managing the satellites and make life easier on our "Spaceship Captains" -- the operators who manage them. This is definitely one of the most interesting and fun roles I've had in my career (and I've had a few).
Python (Flask, Django) and Javascript (React, Backbone) are used heavily in the web projects. We of course have systems programming to do for the onboard software. Plenty of other interesting work from the satellite design and various subsystems, manufacturing, georectification of images, image corrections, dev ops, site reliability engineers, and heaps of possibilities with a supremely interesting dataset that we're growing.
Full list of jobs at https://www.planet.com/careers/#openings https://www.planet.com/careers/#openings
- rodenka 11y agoDo you offer visa support for berlin position?
- uzi 11y agoI'll check, but in general if a company is hiring you to work in a specific office/locale, then they're likely willing to help with the process of being employed and employable there.
- nanny 11y agoHi, I applied for one of Planet's open positions a few weeks ago, and I've been trying to get in contact with someone. The phone number for the SF office goes straight to voicemail. What's the best way to contact the appropriate person for a software position?
- uzi 11y agoApplying via the website is the best and only way. We've been updating our tooling and process with the aim of being better about responding moving forward, but it goes with pretty much any company -- even if it doesn't work out with one position, there will be others and it can make sense to keep looking and keep trying. The larger the company, the more likely for this to be the case.
- thrownawayckts 11y agoWhy did Chris (the CTO) leave? Was he fired?
- elcritch 11y agoWow, this project just sounds fun. I'm already pursuing my own projects, but otherwise this sounds like an intriguing idea. Best of luck!
- uzi 11y agoIt is fun. Thanks!
- shreyashirday 11y agoApplied here for internship, got a coding challenge, completed it, but haven't heard back yet, what does this mean?
- uzi 11y agoReally hard to say. Could be a number of things from the engineer reviewing the code being swamped to the coding sample not being strong enough to needing more time. If it's been a few days, it's ok to send in a nice email to the recruiter, even something simple like "Hi! Just wanted to check if you received my coding sample and if there's any feedback. Thanks so much!"
- shreyashirday 11y agosorry for the late reply, but I never got an email from a recruiter, just a link to a coding challenge
- royels 11y agolikewise, still waiting on a response. Probably rejected, but would be nice to be emailed about it.
- uzi 11y agoUnderstood. I'm an engineer at the company, not a recruiter, but I'll pass the word along. Either way, thanks for the feedback and sorry for the inconvenience. A "no" response is better than no response.
- royels 11y agoJust saw this - Thanks! For what it's worth, I think the team there does some really neat things with the doves. Not sure HN'll allow you to amend the post to include an INTERN keyword, but you should add it in subsequent whoishiring's. :)