Summary
Join Agerpoint, a company reshaping field data capture and analysis, as their Head of Product Engineering. You will scale an AI-native platform, encompassing mobile applications, web interfaces, and APIs. This role demands end-to-end architecture oversight, leading cross-functional teams using an agile process, and fostering a culture of innovation. Responsibilities include setting product roadmaps, managing cloud infrastructure, ensuring platform reliability, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in SaaS product development, full-stack fluency, and a proven track record in AI/ML product delivery.
Requirements
- 12+ years building and scaling SaaS or platform products; 5+ years in a senior engineering leadership role (Head of Engineering, VP, or small-company CTO)
- Fluency across the full stack (TypeScript/React, Node/Python services, PostGIS/Timescale, Kubernetes, CI/CD (GitHub Actions or similar)
- Proven design chops in cloud + edge architectures (mobile + drone capture, data streaming, GPU/TPU inference) - serves as a player-coach
- Hands-on experience shipping AI/ML products: model lifecycle, feature stores, ML ops, vector databases, latency trade-offs
- Track record of partnering with product, marketing, and external tech vendors to hit ARR, adoption, and cost-efficiency targets
- Excellent communicator who can translate between agronomists, sales execs, and data scientists—and still review a PR when needed
- Experience working with international teams and partners
Responsibilities
- Set and socialize a product roadmap that fuses mobile capture, cloud web application, integrations, and deployment of analytics pipelines to align with Agerpoint’s commercial goals
- Own end-to-end architecture decisions balancing build-vs-buy and ensuring scalability, security, and cost efficiency
- Direct multiple cross-functional squads (mobile, web, API/integrations) through an OKR-driven agile process, hitting delivery commitments on scope, budget, and timeline
- Recruit, mentor, and retain a diverse, high-performing engineering team; establishing a culture of innovation, code quality, and continuous learning
- Implement rigorous reliability practices (automated testing, observability, incident response) to maintain ≥ 99.9 % uptime across global deployments
- Coordinate with Platform Engineering, Machine Learning, and Data Science teams to accelerate AI innovation and time-to-impact
- Support IP creation, prototyping novel algorithms and workflows, manage R&D spikes, and coordinate patent filings in computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and geospatial analytics
- Partner closely with Product Marketing, UI/UX Design and Business Development to translate customer insights into shippable features, cohesive UX, and measurable adoption
- Manage cloud spend, vendor contracts, and strategic technology partnerships (hyperscalers, drone/UAV providers, agronomy data sources) to optimize ROI
- Ensure compliance with SOC 2, GDPR, regional data-sovereignty requirements, embedding development security operations into every stage of the development lifecycle
- Manage external partnerships and integrations with 3rd party data and analytics provider
Benefits
- Paid company holidays and unlimited PTO
- Remote friendly and flexible work environment
- Company paid healthcare benefits
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Equity options for full-time employees
- For employees in Research Triangle Park, NC - Access to fully equipped, EXOS-operated fitness center with on-site wellness coaches and on-site eatery
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