Solutions Architect Deployment Strategist

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:

Planets 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 this role you will be embedded with our customer to train users on Planet products translate requirements design workflows and communicate with Planets product team on mission critical capabilities. Your work will be highly visible directly impacting customers ability to quickly access Planets unprecedented datasets as well as streamline the internal processes for adding new customers to our platform. Ideal candidates will be excited about Planets mission.

This is a full-time in-office position based in one of our strategic customer locations 5 days a week in Abu Dhabi UAE. This position is contingent upon award.

Impact Youll 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 customers 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 Planets 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:

• Bachelors 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
• Deep curiosity and willingness to dive into operational details
• Fluency in translating between technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with solving complex problems through analytical skills
• Experience scaling and maintaining production systems

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience working with defense and intelligence organizations in the UAE
• 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

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.

• 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

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

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.

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