AI-Driven Aerial Platform Engineering Lead

Icehouseventures; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 198,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Bonus incentive compensation

Job summary

DroneDeploy is the reality capture platform powering the world's largest projects. We’re seeking a leader to raise the bar, tackle ambitious technical work, and deliver customer value quickly.

You don’t need to be a geospatial expert—the team has that depth, you’ll be the leader who makes a great team even stronger. In this role you’ll lead a senior, distributed engineering group, drive AI-enabled product development, own the Aerial experience end to end, and stay hands-on with code,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience and 5+ years leading engineers.
• Complex, multi-quarter technical programs finished predictably, with clear success metrics.
• A record of making strong teams stronger; growth of engineers and output.
• Hands-on technical depth across web, backend, and cloud systems.
• AI as a primary working partner across coding, prototyping, and analysis.
• Ramping quickly into complex, unfamiliar technical domains.
• Customer focus evident in product and UX decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to deliver large, business-critical, technical initiatives through to completion.
• Make a strong team stronger; focus a senior, distributed team on high-impact problems.
• Evolve how the team works with AI: planning, prototyping, debugging, and shipping.
• Own the Aerial experience by shaping roadmap with Product and customer outcomes.
• Stay hands-on with PRs, prototypes, and debugging; set technical direction.
• Own quality and reliability through metrics and observability.
• Represent Aerial to leadership and customers, including site visits.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Hands-on coding

AI collaboration

Roadmap ownership

Team mentoring

Distributed systems

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Geospatial data systems

Cloud infrastructure

Backend services

AI tooling

Job description

DroneDeploy is the reality capture platform powering the world's largest projects. We’re seeking a leader to raise the bar, tackle ambitious technical work, and deliver customer value quickly.

You don’t need to be a geospatial expert—the team has that depth, you’ll be the leader who makes a great team even stronger. In this role you’ll lead a senior, distributed engineering group, drive AI-enabled product development, own the Aerial experience end to end, and stay hands-on with code,