Quality Engineer

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 a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, and The Netherlands.

About the Role:  
Are you passionate about software quality through automation and the* customer’s experience*? If so, we’d love to talk to you! The Quality Engineering team is seeking a Quality Engineer who is skilled in developing automation to test web based GUI’s, public facing API’s and look to find ways to both improve the quality of the product and the customer experience. In this role you will work in an Agile, highly collaborative, cross-functional environment in which we strive to build quality into every step of the delivery process.

Impact You’ll Own:
- Develop and enhance existing tools and test automation frameworks, including:
- node.js microservice applications
- Test data management
- Develop and maintain UI and API automated tests using Selenium, Python and Javascript 
- Take ownership of validating features and test automation from planning, test execution to release
- Troubleshoot issues down to the root cause and provide detailed bug reports
- 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
- Partner with remote teams in various time zones (across the globe) and share what you learn with your teams and other members of the QE team

What You Bring:
- Experience with test automation using Python or Javascript
- Experience in testing APIs and UI applications
- Working knowledge of Docker and containerized architectures
- Experience in Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD)
- Experience in Agile development environment
- Excellent test planning, communication and organizational skills

What Makes You Stand Out:
- Development background using Python, Git, and cloud-based platforms, like Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
- Basic knowledge of SQL and relational databases
- Experience with JSON, CSV and other data storage structure formats
- Familiarity with geo-spatial data, satellite imagery and remote sensing is a plus
- Passion for Planet’s mission to use space to help life on Earth

Benefits While Working at Planet:
- Additional company winter holidays and regular global days off
- Remote friendly work environment and flexible working hours
- Contribution to our growth by offering equity options for employees
- Giving back to the community - one day per quarter for charitable work
- Learning and Tuition Reimbursement
- Regular hack-weeks and meetup events to exchange knowledge
- Home office budget
- Employee Resource Groups providing empowering spaces for connection and mentorship