kirk bloomquist | Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer

Kirk Bloomquist ML Infra at Planet Stillwater, Minnesota, United States (US) 106 connections • 121 followers About ML Infra at Planet Total Experience: 28 years Experience Senior ML Infrastructure Engineer - Planet(https://www.linkedin.com/company/planet-labs) (Current) Jun 2025 - Present (1 year and 1 month) in ML at Planet Department: Engineering and Technical • Level: Senior Planet (PL) is a Software Development company. Planet Labs is a company that provides satellite imagery and earth data analytics to empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Planet has 800-900 employees (+10% YoY) and has annual revenue in the $300M-$400M range, founded in 2010. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Its workforce is distributed across 37 countries (including United States, Germany, Slovenia, Canada, and Netherlands). Has a market cap in the $1B-$2B range. IPO 2021. Staff Platform Machine Learning Software Engineer - Capella Space(https://www.linkedin.com/company/capellaspace) Aug 2022 - Jun 2025 (2 years and 10 months) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Building out the platform interfaces, ML infrastructure, and data delivery pipelines for Capella's SAR imagery products. Capella Space is a Defense and Space Manufacturing company. Capella Space is a company that specializes in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery products. They provide access to data at any time and in any weather conditions, with a focus on earth observation technology. They offer timely and high-quality SAR data, with a zero human-in-the-loop tasking API. Capella Space has 150-200 employees (8-9% YoY decline) and has annual revenue in the $80M-$90M range, founded in 2016. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, with an office in Louisville. Its workforce is distributed across 6 countries (including United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Ecuador). Has $239M in tota