Software Engineer, Applied GenAI Apps - AI Geospatial Assistant team

4+ years of experience as a Full Stack or Frontend Engineer, with expertise in modern frameworks like React or Vue.

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science or equivalent field.

Enthusiasm for working in an AI forward development flow. You naturally integrate AI-assisted tools into your workflow to drive your own productivity and enjoy being part of a team that treats AI as a core collaborator in the development lifecycle.

Proficiency of mapping libraries such as Mapbox GL JS or Leaflet.

Experience building streaming UI/UX for LLMs and LLM chat interfaces into production-grade web applications.

Deep empathy for UI/UX principles, focused on democratizing access to complex satellite data for non-technical users.

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)

Planet’s mission is to image the entire world every day, making global change visible, accessible, and actionable. We are at a critical inflection point: moving from broad AI research to a delivery-focused "productization" model. To drive this, we are building a new product group focused on launching an AI Geospatial Assistant that transforms how our customers interact with global imagery to solve high-stakes problems in forensics and daily change detection.

Our goal is to make these complex insights accessible through an intuitive interface that requires zero user training. Operating with a zero-to-one startup mindset, this team prioritizes weekly learning velocity and customer-driven graduation criteria to move rapidly from private alpha to general availability.

While AI has enabled software engineers to more easily flex into traditional practice areas like front and back end we would like this role to be more focused on front end than not. You will work with a design lead to be an advocate for the user experience. You will solve the critical "Map-Text Disconnect" by making our global imagery an active, interactive participant in the AI conversation. Your work ensures that natural language insights are always anchored by visual evidence, transforming the solutions into a trusted, intuitive, and "wow"-inducing problem-solving tool for experts and novices alike.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.