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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced engineering leader to become our Senior Director of Engineering for Civil Government and Commercial. This role will lead the engineering strategy, execution, and team development for a rapidly growing organization of 70+ engineers across multiple global Planet offices. You will oversee the development, scaling, and delivery of critical existing solutions and drive "zero to one" product discovery, partnering closely with Product Management, Design, and Science teams to architect and launch new solutions. AI is central to how Planet builds solutions, and you will make it a primary way your teams discover, build, and deliver for customers. This position is vital to delivering innovative applications to civil governments and commercial customers worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and scale a global engineering organization of 70+ engineers, managers, and directors across multiple geographies and time zones.
- Set a high bar for performance and accountability, defining measurable outcomes and surfacing risks early.
- Drive day-to-day engineering execution and delivery for existing flagship products, ensuring reliability and performance.
- Champion and lead "zero to one" engineering discovery, building the technical foundation and prototypes for new emerging commercial and civil government products.
- Partner with Product Management, Design, and GTM teams to define product direction, prioritize feature development, and align technical strategy with business goals.
- Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and secure for government and enterprise use, guiding architectural decisions and engineering best practices.
- Align your team's daily output with Planet’s mission of using space to help life on earth.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering work experience, including 8+ years of supervisory or leadership experience managing multiple layers of engineering management.
- Experience leading and scaling distributed engineering teams of 50+ employees across multiple geographic locations and time zones.
- Hands-on engagement with AI tools and experience leading engineering teams through AI adoption.
- Track record of "zero to one" product development, including technical discovery, architecture, and successful launch of new software solutions.
- Background in building and delivering geospatial platforms, data analytics solutions, or enterprise SaaS products.
- Experience delivering tailored solutions to individual customers, meeting or exceeding their expectations and integrating new building blocks back into the solution commons.
- A growth mindset with the ability to experiment, learn quickly, and change course when evidence suggests.
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate complex business and user requirements into actionable technical roadmaps.
- Experience overseeing operational reliability, cloud infrastructure, and software deployment lifecycles for enterprise-grade applications.
- Ability to drive software delivery metrics, maintain high operational availability/SLAs, and foster rigorous engineering practices.
- Ability to recruit, mentor, and retain engineering talent at all levels while fostering an inclusive team culture.
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills for engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Success building large scale civil government solutions leveraging forward deployed engineering.
- Familiarity with the unique regulatory, compliance, and security requirements of government technology solutions globally.
- Experience building sovereign systems for governments.
Skills
- AI tools
- Geospatial platforms
- Data analytics solutions
- Enterprise SaaS products
- Cloud infrastructure
- Software deployment lifecycles
Location
- Berlin
- Haarlem
- Ljubljana
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Director
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering work experience
- 8+ years of supervisory or leadership experience
Salary/Compensations
- €123.300—€154.100 EUR
Benefits
- 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
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
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- 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.
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