Solutions Architect I, Professional Services

Planet · Arlington, VA

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $93,420 – $116,730
  • Posted 2026-10-13
  • Confirmed live on 14 October 2026

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Job description

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 Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s 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:

Solution Architects on Planet’s Professional Services team are experienced technologists who work with customers to make them successful users of Planet's product offerings. Different users need different things; as a Solution Architect, you are a good listener capable of understanding users' problems to apply creative solutions. Your efforts will be directly visible in a customer's ability to make global change actionable.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Arlington, VA office 3 days per week.

Impact You'll Own:

• Apply your expertise in remote sensing and geospatial technologies to help Planet’s Professional Services customers be successful in their adoption of the Planet Platform.

• Understand and align Professional Services project development to your customer’s business and technology strategies.

• Build software tools, proofs of concept and sample applications, while continuously improving customer and developed applications, using Planet’s APIs and analytics endpoints.

• Own the customer success lifecycle for Professional Services engagements, from scoping and discovery, to project execution and writing requirements documents, applying your expertise in data analytics, collaborating with software engineers, leading a training event, or delivering solutions to a client.

• Collaborate with the Sales team to help close business opportunities, further growing Planet’s customer base and usage of Planet data across vertical markets.

• Influence the direction of Planet’s products and offerings by gathering insights from customer engagements and the user community.

• Build and maintain APIs which serve our enterprise and federal customers.

• Understand client’s needs and deliver tailored solutions.

• Help define, create and analyze usage metrics to drive customer growth.

What You Bring:

• 4+ years of experience working in the DoD/IC space in a technical capacity

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Computer Science, Remote Sensing, Geography or a related field

• Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar systems & code bases

• Experience working in a dynamic environment with the ability to tackle unique challenges presented by its dynamic conditions

• Experience progressing team initiatives and developing new ideas for applications and processes

• Experience debugging & triaging complex problems

• Willingness to collaborate across teams and work independently and as part of a team

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Current TS/SCI Clearance

• 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)

• Ability programming with Python to process imagery, manipulate vector data, interact with APIs and build data pipelines

• Familiarity with Linux systems and knowledge of shell scripting

• Expertise with QGIS, Esri software, GDAL or other common geospatial software.

• Experience with cloud deployments; GCP, AWS, Azure

• Experience designing and evolving public-facing APIs

• Ability to lead customer engagements

• Experience in Multi-Domain/Multi-Level Security architectures

Application Deadline:

11:45p / 23:45 PT on the date stated below. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. This posting may be removed earlier than projected if a suitable pool of applications has been received. For this reason, we recommend applying as soon as you are able to.

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 contrib

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