Jr. Developer Relations 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 Planets data to develop new technologies drive revenue power research and solve our worlds 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 Austria Slovenia and The Netherlands.

About the Role:

The Jr. Developer Relations Engineer supports Planets developer ecosystem by improving technical documentation enabling customer self-service and assisting in the adoption of the Planet APIs and platform capabilities. Working within the Education and Enablement team and in close collaboration with Product Engineering and Support this role helps ensure that developers can successfully onboard build and scale with Planets technology.

This is a hybrid technical and communication-focused role. The Jr. DevRel Engineer contributes to documentation strategy education content and community engagement helping shape how Planets developer experience is delivered across the Documentation site Knowledge Base and Planet Community. This role will also support emerging platform initiatives including the Planet Insights Platform and AI-enabled workflows.

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

Impact Youll Own:

• Contribute to technical documentation for APIs SDKs and platform workflows across Planet tools.
• Support documentation creation and maintenance
• Help maintain documentation workflows versioning and review processes.
• Assist in creating developer onboarding content eval scripts and technical guides.
• Participate in Planet University course development updates and localization workflows.
• Work with the Education and Partnerships teams to create and deliver outbound Developer and Solution Builder events (e.g. hackathons onsite workshops webinars. etc.) to grow these communities
• Support community engagement by helping answer developer questions in Planets online forums.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve accuracy clarity and usability of technical content.
• Assist with tooling improvements and lightweight coding to improve developer experience.

What You Bring:

• 1 years of experience in technical documentation developer education or developer support.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Geospatial Studies or equivalent experience.
• Basic proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript.
• Familiarity with Git and developer workflows (merge requests repositories version control).
• Interest in developer experience APIs and technical education.
• Solid written communication skills with attention to clarity and structure.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering product and support teams.
• Comfort working in an evolving technical environment with multiple priorities.

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Exposure to geospatial data Earth observation platforms or remote sensing concepts.
• Interest in AI-enabled workflows or data-driven applications.
• Experience contributing to tutorials blog posts or technical learning content.
• Comfort participating in developer communities forums or knowledge-sharing spaces.

Application Deadline:

March 17 2026 at 11:59pm PT

Benefits While Working at Planet:

These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location based upon applicable law or company policy.

• Paid time off including vacation holidays and company-wide days off
• Employee Wellness Program
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

Why we care so much about Belonging.
Were 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. Thats why Planet is guided by an ultimate north star of Belongingdreaming big as we approach our ongoing work. If this job intrigues you but youre 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 dont just fill positions we aspire to fulfill peoples 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 youre excited to come along for the ride.

EEO statement:
Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race religious creed color national origin ancestry physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and breastfeeding age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws. Know Your Rights.

Accommodations:
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