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DroneDeploy · 16 hours ago

Solutions Architect

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal teams around survey and high accuracy workflows for both ground and aerial applications.

Lead technical discovery, validation, and execution of high accuracy workflows and needs in partnership with the Solutions Engineer, Customer Success Manager, and the Account Executive with the customer.

Define, document, and continuously refine best practices for survey workflows, including proactive consulting, reactive support, and internal/external product guidance.

Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for technical issues related to Ground Control Points (GCPs), DXF, and IFC uploads, providing guidance to the Solutions Engineering (SE) team and resolving escalated issues.

Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Support, Services, and Solutions Engineering teams to align on goals, resource capacity, and execution plans for survey standards.

Lead monthly retrospectives with key stakeholders (e.g., Services, Product, Support, Account Executives, and CSMs) to identify challenges, successes, and actionable solutions to improve survey-related workflows.

Establish and track key metrics to measure the quality and performance of survey workflows and products, including: Percentage of maps with red flags, GCP/Checkpoint average RMSE, Support ticket volume and resolution time related to accuracy, Survey SKU churn/expansion metrics, Adoption and usage of high-accuracy mapping features.

Partner with Sales Enablement to create and deliver resources, technical documentation, and collateral to help sales and CSM teams position and sell survey-related programs effectively.

Deliver internal training sessions on technical topics such as GCP best practices and Managed Accuracy workflows to strengthen team knowledge.

Author technical whitepapers and customer case studies that showcase the accuracy, quality, and value of DroneDeploy’s survey products and services in partnership with marketing.

Lead webinars, workshops, and in-person events to educate customers and prospects on DroneDeploy’s survey capabilities and best practices.

Act as a voice of the customer, providing structured feedback to Product and Support teams to influence roadmap priorities and feature enhancements.

Advocate for survey customers by identifying common pain points and proactively proposing solutions that improve customer satisfaction and workflow efficiency.

Qualification

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Survey-related field experienceAutodesk Civil 3DAutodesk RecapAutoCADPhotogrammetry toolsBentleyAgisoftPix4DLicensed Surveyor (PMP)Pre-sales experienceSolutions engineeringCustomer-facing experienceProgram managementOperations managementUAV pilot's licenseDegree in EngineeringExceptional communication skills

Required

7+ years of survey-related field experience or similar understanding of CRS, various datums, and series and ground surveying methodologies

Experience using Autodesk product such as Civil 3D, Recap, AutoCAD, or similar CAD software

Experience using Photogrammetry tools including by not exclusive to Bentley, Agisoft, Pix4D, or similar tools

Must be able to obtain a Part 107 UAV pilot’s license within 90 days of employment start date

Able to travel and visit customers as required (1 week a month) domestically and internationally

Exceptional communication skills, including demonstrated experience in delivering solutions proposals to C-suite and executive-level stakeholders

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent

Able to work Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:00AM to 6:00PM US Central time, but longer hours may be required

Preferred

Licensed Surveyor preferred (PMP)

Prior Pre-sales, solutions engineering or customer-facing experience with enterprise SaaS platforms preferred

Experience in a program/operations management role with an energy, construction, architecture, mining or engineering organization preferred

Company

DroneDeploy

Glassdoor

4.6

DroneDeploy is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done.

Founded in 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.dronedeploy.com

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