Engineering Manager, Customer Growth

About the Role:  
In this role, you will be the engineering manager for the Growth Infrastructure team within the Customer Growth pillar within Planet. The Customer Growth pillar’s mission is centered around increasing the customers who get value from Planet, directly or indirectly via partners.


Impact You’ll Own:

 
Lead a team of talented engineers in building and managing the platform's authentication and authorization systems (AuthN & AuthZ)


 
Be responsible for creating a SDK to allow other teams to easily integrate their data products into the Earth Data Platform


 
Focus on working with partners to help them bring their data products to the Earth Data Platform’s marketplace


 
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver new features


 
Ensure that the team is utilizing best practices for software development, testing, and deployment


 
Lead by example and mentor the team in developing their technical and leadership skills


 
Oversee the migration of data infrastructure the Growth Infra team built to another team over the next year



What You Bring:

 
Proven cross-functional collaboration with product managers, design, data science, etc.


 
Diagnosing technical and collaboration roadblocks that slow down velocity


 
Proven experience leading and mentoring a team and elevating team culture


 
Experience building infrastructure/tooling at scale that gains widespread adoption


 
Proven asynchronous communication skills and ability to collaborate cross-functionally


 
Experience building customer-facing applications in a service-oriented architecture



What Makes You Stand Out:

 
Experience in authentication or authorization (strongly desired, but not an absolute requirement)


 
Experience with working in growth teams in a B2B context


 
Experience in earth observation data or geospatial data


 
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure


 
Experience with agile development methodologies



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



Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is $136,000 - $223,000.  Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location.  The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only.  Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.