About Overwatch:
Overwatch Imaging is an imagery intelligence technology company working to bring sensor autonomy to time-critical airborne search, detection, tracking and monitoring missions. Our Automated Sensor Operator (ASO) software, native to our own line of purpose-built Smart Sensors and as an upgrade for airborne video gimbal platforms, brings Superhuman Vision and Workload Reduction to users of real-time imagery intelligence systems. We fundamentally believe that modern edge processing and AI-enabled autonomy can perform an important set of time-critical imagery intelligence missions better, faster and more safely than humans can alone.
Founded in 2016 in Hood River, Oregon, we support private sector companies as well as federal, state and local agencies around the world with missions ranging from wildfire mapping and disaster response to law enforcement, border security, maritime domain awareness and tactical intelligence.
About this Role:
Overwatch is seeking a Build & Release Engineer to own and evolve how we build, package, and deploy our C++ based software across Jetson-based edge systems and x86 environments while ensuring that builds are fast, reliable, and reproducible, and that deployments work consistently in real-world and air-gapped environments.
What You'll Do:
Build System Ownership
Continuously improve the C++ build ecosystem, including:
- Improve the structure and evolution of our CMake based build system
- Improve build performance, modularity, and long-term maintainability
- Ensure the build system scales with codebase complexity and remains understandable to the team
- Drive consistency across C++, Python, and emerging Rust components
Dependency & Packaging Systems
- Establish reliable, reproducible approaches to dependency management and packaging
- Ensure consistency across development, CI, and deployed systems
- Improve how build artifacts are versioned, distributed, and consumed
Infrastructure Reliability
- Own the reliability and scalability of build and CI systems across x86 and ARM (Jetson) environments
- Improve infrastructure consistency and maintainability
- Reduce instability and flakiness in builds and test execution
System Visibility & Reliability
- Improve visibility into build health, failures, and performance
- Ensure issues are diagnosable and actionable
- Enable engineers to trust the build and release system
What You'll Bring:
Core Experience
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in C++ build systems, build/release engineering, or similar roles
- Experience working in Linux-based development environments
Technical Strengths
- Build system design, structure, and performance optimization
- Dependency management and packaging systems
- CI/build infrastructure in multi-architecture environments (x86 + ARM)
Bonus Experience
- Jetson or other ARM-based systems
- Cross-compilation environments
- Offline or air-gapped deployments
- Mixed-langage builds (C++, CUDA, Rust, Python)
- Deployment of machine learning models to TensorRT environments
- Offline or air-gapped deployment, installer systems, and upgrade/migration workflows
What Success Looks Like:
- Build system is clear, modular, and scalable
- Developer workflows and build results are consistent and aligned
- Builds are fast, reliable, and reproducible across environments
- Dependency and packaging systems are consistent and predictable
- Build infrastructure is stable and low-maintenance
- Packaged software is reliable and deterministic
What We Offer:
All applicants must be authorized to work on a permanent basis in the United States.
Overwatch Imaging is an equal opportunity workplace and makes employment decisions based on merit and business needs, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected personal characteristic.
Export Control Compliance Notice
This position may involve access to data, technology, or software that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to obtain any necessary export authorization, as determined by an export compliance assessment conducted by the company.
