Planet

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About the Role: Planet's Professional Services team helps our Defense and Intelligence (D&I) customers adopt the Planet Platform and rapidly realize return on investment in Planet data and analytics. The Professional Services Global D&I team is looking for a Solutions Architect responsible for the implementation, integration, and analysis of new software and data products that extend the Planet Platform and deliver new capabilities to our strategic D&I customers. In this role, you will be embedded with our customer to train users on Planet products, translate requirements, design workflows, and communicate with Planet's product team on mission critical capabilities. Your work will be highly visible, directly impacting customers' ability to quickly access Planet's unprecedented datasets, as well as streamline the internal processes for adding new customers to our platform. Ideal candidates will be excited about Planet's mission. Ideal candidates will have a deep curiosity and willingness to dive into operational details. This is a full-time position embedded in one of our strategic customer locations in Oahu, Hawaii, 5 days a week. This position is contingent upon award. Impact You'll Own: • Understand clients' needs and deliver tailored solutions • Break down ambiguous, high-stakes problems into clearly defined, solvable components • Leverage analytical skills to deliver products to our D&I customers and support mission requirements • Design workflows, defining data models, configuring integrations, and helping define tooling that aligns to the customer's mission. • Train users, iterate with them in real time, and ensure that Planet solutions become mission-critical to daily operations. • Translate operational requirements into actionable product feedback for Planet's engineering teams. • Communicate technical capabilities back to customers in clear, mission-focused language. • Rapidly prototype, test, and adjust workflows to match real operational needs. • Mapping out high-level strategy with decision makers by sitting next to analysts to debug workflows. • Work closely with customer teams to understand their workflows, pain points, and mission priorities. What You Bring: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software, Systems Engineering, or similar • 4+ years of experience in supporting D&I customers, with specialized technical experience in the general areas of systems integration • Fluent in Golang, Python, Postgresql, & React or related technologies • Experience with cloud deployments; GCP, AWS, Azure • Solid problem-solving and systems thinking skills • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management • Ability to quickly learn new technical domains and tools • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-pressure environments • Fluency in translating between technical and non-technical audiences • Experience with solving complex problems through analytical skills • Experience scaling and maintaining production systems • Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance What Makes You Stand Out: • Systems integrations experience working with multi domain/multi-level security architectures, particularly the Defence and Intelligence. • Working knowledge of JavaScript and its mapping libraries (OpenLayers, Leaflet, ArcGIS API for JavaScript), Google Earth Engine and its SDK • Experience with RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL) and distributed databases (NoSQL) • Experience in geopolitics and data science • Ability to pick up new technologies quickly • Experience with building analytical products from complex datasets • Experience with geospatial technologies and data • GEOINT experience, imagery exploitation and analysis • Fluent in multiple languages #LI-REMOTE Application Deadline: February 20th, 2026 at 11:59PM PST Benefits While Working at Planet: These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy. • 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 Compensation: The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is listed below. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.