Senior Deployment Strategist, Professional Services Strategy & Ops

Front Door Defense; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off including vacation and holidays

Employee Wellness Program

Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement

Tuition Reimbursement

Equity

Job summary

Front Door Defense is seeking a Senior Deployment Strategist to lead custom deployments of the Planet Platform for Defense and Intelligence clients. This hybrid role requires presence in the Stockholm office three days a week, where you will work closely with customers to train them on products and help define technical requirements.

Ideal candidates possess over six years of relevant experience, expert knowledge of systems integration, and proficiency in programming languages such as Golang and Python. Benefits include paid time off, wellness programs, and educational reimbursements.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience supporting D&I customers with technical experience in systems integration.
• Fluent in Golang, Python, PostgreSQL, and React or related technologies.
• Experience with cloud deployments (GCP, AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of custom Planet Platform deployments for Defense and Intelligence customers.
• Train users on Planet products and design workflows.
• Collaborate with customer teams to understand their workflows and priorities.

Skills

Golang

Python

Postgresql

React

Systems Integration

Cloud Deployments

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Senior Deployment Strategist, Professional Services

Own the delivery of custom Planet Platform deployments for Defense and Intelligence customers.

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

About the Role

Planet's Professional Services team helps our Defense and Intelligence (D&I) customers adopt the Planet Platform and rapidly realize return on investment in Planet data and analytics. The team seeks a Solutions Architect responsible for implementing, integrating, and analyzing new software and data products that extend the Planet Platform and deliver new capabilities to our strategic D&I customers.

In this role, you will be embedded with our customer to train users on Planet products, translate requirements, design workflows, and communicate with Planet's product team on mission‑critical capabilities. Your work will be highly visible and directly impact customers' ability to quickly access Planet's unprecedented datasets and streamline our internal processes for adding new customers to our platform.

This is a full‑time, hybrid role requiring you to work from our Stockholm office 3 days per week.

Impact You'll Own

• Understand clients' needs and deliver tailored solutions
• Break down ambiguous, high‑stakes problems into clearly defined, solvable components
• Leverage analytical skills to deliver products to our D&I customers and support mission requirements
• Design workflows, defining data models, configuring integrations, and helping define tooling that aligns to the customer's mission
• Train users, iterate with them in real time, and ensure that Planet solutions become mission‑critical to daily operations
• Translate operational requirements into actionable product feedback for Planet's engineering teams
• Communicate technical capabilities back to customers in clear, mission‑focused language
• Rapidly prototype, test, and adjust workflows to match real operational needs
• Map high‑level strategy with decision makers by sitting next to analysts to debug workflows
• Collaborate with customer teams to understand their workflows, pain points, and mission priorities

What You Bring

• 6+ years of experience supporting D&I customers, with specialized technical experience in systems integration
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software, Systems Engineering, or similar
• Fluent in Golang, Python, Postgresql, and React or related technologies
• Experience with cloud deployments (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Solid problem‑solving and systems‑thinking skills
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management
• Ability to quickly learn new technical domains and tools
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, dynamic environments
• Fluency in translating between technical and non‑technical audiences
• Experience solving complex problems through analytical skills
• Experience scaling and maintaining production systems

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working with defense and intelligence organizations in the UAE
• Systems integrations experience with multi‑domain/multi‑level security architectures, particularly the Defence and Intelligence sector
• Working knowledge of JavaScript mapping libraries (OpenLayers, Leaflet, ArcGIS API for JavaScript), Google Earth Engine and its SDK
• Experience with RDBMS (PostgreSQL, SQL) and distributed databases (NoSQL)
• Experience in geopolitics and data science
• Ability to pick up new technologies quickly
• Experience building analytical products from complex datasets
• Experience with geospatial technologies and data
• GEOINT experience, imagery exploitation and analysis
• Fluency in multiple languages

Export Control Requirements

Planet Labs Germany GmbH is authorized to receive U.S. export‑controlled information at Planet under an export license issued by the Bureau of Industry and Security. This position requires access to export‑controlled information, and employment is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export‑controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Benefits While Working at Planet

• 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

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

EEO Statement

Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply. Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Know Your Rights.

Accommodations

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