Solutions Architect I, Professional Services

The role

Solutions Architects design and architect solutions by transforming customer requirements into robust architectures. They deliver workshops, tailored demo-apps, and workflows to ensure customer success with Planet's product offerings.

What you will do

• Architect, design, pilot and operationalize solutions
• Deliver workshops, tailored demo-apps, and workflows
• Support pre-sales and customer expansions on solution ideation and design
• Act as the technical lead in solution development teams within Agile environments
• Liaise with multiple cross-functional stakeholders
• Collaborate with sales, pre-sales, marketing, business development, legal, and proposals teams
• Help own the customer success lifecycle from scoping to delivery
• Champion Planet's products via training, conferences, technical tutorials, and publishing
• Interact and engage with users in Planet's Education and Research program

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant work experience in a technical geospatial or remote sensing role
• Bachelor's degree in GIS, Computer Science, Remote Sensing, Geography, or a related field
• A background in remote sensing, geoscience, or geoinformatics
• Fluency in German
• Professional working proficiency in English
• Extensive programming ability with Python for geospatial applications
• Experience with solution design, requirement gathering, product user story ideation, solutions design documentation, architecting and prototyping
• Proficiency with QGIS, ArcGIS, GDAL, ENVI or other common geospatial software
• Industry-specific knowledge and experience in domains such as forestry, natural disasters, sustainability, and agriculture
• Familiarity with cloud-computing environments such as GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Experience working in Agile, cross-functional teams
• Experience using AI for productivity, coding, and demo app creation

Nice to have

• Advanced experience with machine learning algorithms applied to geospatial data
• Use of Claude and AI for geospatial application
• Working knowledge of modern cloud tools and pipelines, including Google Functions, CI/CD integrations, Vertex AI and Amazon Bedrock
• Knowledge of the Challenger methodology for liaising with clients
• Working knowledge of JavaScript and its mapping libraries (OpenLayers, Leaflet, ArcGIS API for JavaScript)
• Web development frameworks like React

Benefits

• 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

About the company

Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. They are both a space company and data company.