Software Development Engineer - IV

**Technical Leadership People Leadership Aereo Cloud**

About Aereo

Aereo (earlier known as Aarav Unmanned Systems) is a deep-tech company building the future of how the physical world is mapped, understood and managed.

We build end-to-end drone and geospatial intelligence solutions for enterprises and governments across mining & metals, infrastructure, energy, utilities, urban planning and other large-scale industries.

Our technology brings together aerial robotics, computer vision, GIS, AI and cloud software to solve complex, real-world problems at scale.

About Aereo Cloud

Aereo Cloud is our enterprise SaaS platform and the technology backbone of our geospatial intelligence ecosystem.

The platform enables organizations to securely store, manage, visualize and analyze massive volumes of drone and geospatial data, turning complex spatial data into actionable insights and workflows.

With workloads operating at PB-scale, Aereo Cloud brings together large-scale data processing, geospatial visualization, analytics and enterprise workflows.

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer – IV to help lead the next phase of engineering at Aereo Cloud.

The Role

This is a senior engineering leadership role combining technical ownership with people leadership .

You will lead a team of engineers across key areas of Aereo Cloud while remaining deeply involved in the technical problems the team is solving.

We are looking for someone who has grown from a strong software engineering background into technical and people leadership - someone who can design systems, make architectural decisions, solve complex engineering problems and get hands-on when required , while building and developing a high-performing engineering team.

You won’t be expected to code all day, but you also won’t be expected to step away from engineering. You should be comfortable reviewing designs and code, debugging production issues, prototyping solutions and contributing to critical implementations when needed.

We are not looking for someone who has moved away from engineering into management. We are looking for an engineer who has grown into leadership.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Engineering

• Own the technical direction and architecture of your engineering area.

• Lead system design and make pragmatic decisions across scalability, performance, reliability, security and cost.

• Break down complex, ambiguous problems into clear technical approaches and execution plans.

• Review designs, RFCs and critical code, and raise the engineering bar across the team.

• Stay close to the codebase and dive into complex technical or production problems when required.

• Contribute to implementation, prototyping or debugging for critical and high-leverage problems.

• Drive improvements across engineering standards, testing, CI/CD, observability and production reliability.

• Own critical engineering initiatives from problem definition through production.

People Leadership

• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team.

• Conduct regular 1:1s, provide actionable feedback and support engineers in their career growth.

• Develop engineers into stronger technical owners and future technical leaders.

• Set clear expectations and maintain a culture of ownership, accountability and continuous improvement.

• Identify and address performance and capability gaps within the team.

• Participate actively in hiring, interviewing and onboarding engineering talent.

Product & Business Impact

• Partner with Product, Design and Business teams to translate customer problems into effective technical solutions.

• Influence product and engineering roadmaps through strong technical judgment.

• Balance product velocity with scalability, reliability and long-term technical health.

• Help engineers connect their technical work to customer and business outcomes.

What We’re Looking For

Must Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production-grade systems.

• Meaningful experience in technical leadership and/or people management .

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building scalable production systems.

• Strong understanding of **system design, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, databases and …