Director of Software Engineering, Analytics

Planet · Arlington, VA; Denver

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Company
Planet
Location
Arlington, VA; Denver
Salary
$180,700 — $225,900
Posted
October 13, 2026

About this job

As the Director of Software Engineering, Analytics, you will lead, staff, and scale the engineering organization that builds Planet’s analytics: the models and pipelines that turn daily satellite imagery into answers about what changed at a site, what is moving in a port, and what is being built across a country. These analytics power Planet’s dual-use products such as Global Monitoring Service (GMS) and Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) for defense use cases, and are expanding into commercial and civil government use through the same models and platform. You will lead engineering managers and engineers across Denver, Washington DC, remote North America, and Europe.…

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