VP of Defense & Intelligence Engineering (San Francisco)

Planet builds dual-use products such as its Global Monitoring Service and Maritime Domain Awareness for defence, intelligence and civil customers. As Vice President of Defense and Intelligence Engineering you lead the software organisation that builds them.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and scale software, data/ML, platform and infrastructure teams
• Set architecture and standards for high-throughput geospatial analytics and alerting
• Keep engineering compliant with ITAR and EAR export rules
• Direct integration of ML models and agentic workflows
• Drive reliability, low latency and secure cloud deployments

Requirements

• 15+ years in software engineering and architecture, with high-scale data or geospatial work
• 8+ years leading multi-disciplinary engineering organisations
• Managed engineering under ITAR and EAR
• Built defence or dual-use software at scale
• A high-level security clearance, or eligible for top-secret clearance

Location and schedule

• Hybrid: you work from the San Francisco or Washington DC office 3 days a week

Salary and benefits

US base salary $293,000 to $366,300 a year, plus possible bonus and equity. Benefits include medical, dental and vision cover, 16 weeks of paid parental leave, and tuition support.

How to apply

Apply on the company's own site.