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About the Role

As the Vice President of Defense and Intelligence (D&I) Solutions Engineering, you will lead, scale, and direct the software engineering organization responsible for building Planet’s end-to-end dual-use products and applications. You will own the technical architecture, systems development, and operational delivery of flagship dual-use products.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale multi-disciplinary software engineering teams tasked with building and maintaining end-to-end dual-use products.
• Define the software architecture, data models, and technical standards for high-throughput geospatial analytics, real-time alerting, and automated detection platforms.
• Oversee engineering development standards and deployment pipelines to ensure compliance with ITAR and EAR.
• Partner with Product Management to translate market vision and defense mission requirements into engineering roadmaps and execution sprints.
• Direct the technical integration of advanced machine learning models, analytics, and agentic workflows into Planet's dual use product stack.
• Drive software engineering metrics, system reliability, low-latency processing, and secure cloud deployment architectures.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and systems architecture, with a focus on high-scale data, computer vision, or geospatial applications.
• 8+ years of direct experience leading and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering organizations.
• Direct experience managing engineering teams, software build pipelines, and data handling governed by ITAR and EAR.
• Demonstrated track record of architecting, building, and operating end-to-end dual-use or defense software applications at scale.
• Active high-level government security clearance, or demonstrated eligibility to obtain top-secret clearance upon hire.
• Deep technical expertise in distributed cloud architectures, high-throughput data processing pipelines, API infrastructure, and machine learning model integration.
• Proven ability to drive software delivery metrics, maintain high operational availability/SLAs, and establish rigorous engineering practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

Skills

• Geospatial applications
• High-scale data
• Computer vision
• Software engineering
• Systems architecture
• Distributed cloud architectures
• High-throughput data processing pipelines
• API infrastructure
• Machine learning model integration
• ITAR compliance
• EAR compliance

Location

• San Francisco
• Washington DC

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and systems architecture
• 8+ years of direct experience leading and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering organizations

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, or a relevant technical discipline (preferred)

Salary/Compensations

• $293,000—$366,300 USD

Benefits

• 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)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off

About the Company

• 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.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.