Senior Product Designer
About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to design and launch geospatial web applications that transform satellite data into mission-critical intelligence. You will help build our next-generation monitoring platform, designed to provide near real-time observability of any location on Earth.
While our foundation includes environmental and agricultural monitoring, we are rapidly expanding our core capabilities to support Defense & Intelligence (D&I) and Global Monitoring Services. You will play a key role in evolving this platform into a scalable system built for both tactical decision-making and global-scale analytics.
You bring a track record of designing sophisticated, data-heavy geospatial applications, ideally featuring AI-powered tools or complex enterprise data visualization. You will help shape a frontend architecture that remains performant and intuitive for everything from regional security assessments to global resource management.
This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our Berlin office 3 days per week.
Impact You'll Own:
- Product Design Ownership: Lead the end-to-end process from discovery and prototyping to high-fidelity design.
- GIS Interface Design: Create intuitive, powerful geospatial interfaces that translate complex data into actionable insights.
- User Research: Gather feedback and conduct user interviews in close collaboration with product partners.
- UI Architecture: Define and architect the interaction patterns and design system for Planet's monitoring platform.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with product and engineering to ensure top-tier design quality.
- Culture: Help build and elevate Planet's design culture.
What You Bring:
- 6+ years of experience designing complex digital products, especially bringing new technical, SaaS, or B2B products to market.
- Bachelor's degree in design or an equivalent field.
- End-to-end experience: taking projects from early ideation to live software, and iterating based on feedback.
- Proficiency in Figma and enterprise design systems.
- A solid portfolio demonstrating complex professional projects, your process, and the resulting impact.
- Experience conducting lightweight user research and usability testing, synthesizing findings into actionable improvements.
- A solid core skillset: UX/UI, interaction design, rapid prototyping, accessibility, and visual design principles.
- Ability to work quickly in undefined and ambiguous environments
What Makes You Stand Out:
- Advanced experience with GIS, geospatial data, or remote sensing.
- An AI-native mindset, utilizing AI tools for creative ideation, design, or generation.
- A strong track record of taking ownership to communicate and solve complex, systemic problems.
- Deep empathy for both end-users and internal stakeholders, expertly balancing usability with business needs.
- Experience thriving in growth-focused, highly collaborative team environments.
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 U.S. and German/EU export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate's ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by German, EU, or U.S. authorities.
Application Deadline:
May 26, 2026 at 23:59 (11:59pm PT)
Benefits While Working at Planet:
These offerings are dependent on employment type and geographical location, based upon applicable law or company policy.
- 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
