# Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering at Planet

- Company: Planet
- What the company does: Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.
- Company website: https://www.planet.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Arlington, VA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetlabs/jobs/8165021
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/planet-vice-president-defense-and-intelligence-engineering-2/

## About the role

As the Vice President of Defense and Intelligence (D&I) Engineering , you will lead, scale, and direct the software engineering organization responsible for building Planet’s end-to-end dual-use products and applications. You will own the technical architecture, systems development, and operational delivery of flagship dual-use products—such as Global Monitoring Service (GMS), Marine Domain Awareness (MDA), automated change detection feeds, and agentic workflows.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years of experience in software engineering and systems architecture, with a focus on high-scale data, computer vision, or geospatial applications
- 8+ years of direct experience leading and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering organizations (software, data/ML, platform, and cloud infrastructure)
- Direct experience managing engineering teams, software build pipelines, and data handling governed by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR)
- Track record of architecting, building, and operating end-to-end dual-use or defense software applications (such as domain awareness, automated change detection, or spatial monitoring platforms) at scale
- Active high-level government security clearance, or eligibility to obtain top-secret clearance upon hire
- Deep technical expertise in distributed cloud architectures, high-throughput data processing pipelines, API infrastructure, and machine learning model integration

Tags: Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE)