Deployment Operator
San Francisco Bay Area, Texas, Florida, or East Coast · Operations · Field-based · Full-time About Ironsite Ironsite is building the intelligence layer for the physical world. We design our own wearable hardware, deploy it alongside craft workers, and turn each shift's footage into a next-morning report. Our team and purpose-built models label the data overnight and deliver actionable insights to superintendents by 5 AM.We work on complex, mission-critical projects: data centers, LNG facilities, stadiums, hospitals, and other large-scale builds. We're pro-worker at our core: technology should empower the workforce, not replace it. To date we've captured more than 150,000 hours of construction footage across seven states, process thousands of hours of site activity every day, and keep worker opt-out below two percent. Devices are anonymized, capture no audio, and raw video is never released. Ironsite is backed by 8VC, South Park Commons, and Saga Ventures, along with operators including Eric Schmidt, Jeff Dean, Scott Wu, and over a dozen construction industry partners.
The Role:
Deployment Operators are the bridge between Ironsite and the field. You'll be on jobsites, in trailers, and alongside crews: standing up deployments, earning the trust of the people wearing our hardware, and making sure the data coming back is good enough to change how a project runs. This is not a desk job. You own a deployment end to end, from the first site walk through the first weeks of capture, and you're the person the contractor calls when something needs to work. The best people in this seat come from the field. They know what a crew's morning looks like, can read a schedule, and can talk with a superintendent and an engineer in the same hour. What you see on site directly shapes what we build next.
What You'll Do:
Own deployments end to end. Run pre-deployment site walks, build the deployment plan, and stand up on-site infrastructure: connectivity, charging, device storage and security. Drive open items to closure before Day 1.Build trust with crews and contractor leadership. Fit devices, explain what we do and don't capture, and answer honest questions honestly. Be the day-to-day contact for superintendents, project engineers, and self-perform leads. Turn field work into product. Help our Ground Truth team keep our activity taxonomy true to what happens on site, map capture to the contractor's work breakdown and labor codes, and feed structured observations to Hardware, Engineering, and AI.Keep the fleet healthy. Manage device inventory, charging, firmware, and pack-out across deployments. Fix hardware and connectivity issues in the field, often on your own, and document what you learn.
What We're Looking For:
- Required 1-5 years of construction field experience (foreman, superintendent, project or field engineer, craft worker, or similar), or a Construction Management degree with real field internships
- Broad exposure across trades: you can walk a site and understand what's in front of you
- Travel 30-80% depending on the seat, sometimes on short notice, including multi-week deployments
- Comfortable with jobsite hours (4-5 AM starts, occasional nights), active construction environments, weather, and site safety rules
- Physically able to climb ladders, work at height to install connectivity hardware, and lift and carry equipment cases
- Clear communicator with high autonomy and sound judgment; you'll often be the only Ironsite person on site
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel domestically without restriction
- Strongly preferred
Bilingual (English / Spanish). Many of the crews we work with are Spanish-speaking, and onboarding someone in their first language changes adoption.
Nice to have:
- Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related fieldOSHA 10 or 30, or willingness to obtain
- Familiarity with schedules, cost codes, or labor productivity
- Experience with field IT, networking (Starlink, cellular, mesh), or spreadsheets and data tools
What Success Looks Like30 days. You've shadowed deployments, know the hardware cold, and can run a site walk on your own.90 days. You've owned a deployment from site walk through steady-state capture, with a contractor who wants you back.6 months. You're the go-to person on a set of accounts, and your field observations have visibly changed the product.
Location, Compensation, and PerksYou'll be based in or near the San Francisco Bay Area; Austin or Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Florida; or the East Coast, including Washington, DC or Northern Virginia. Regional seats stay mostly in their market; traveling seats deploy nationwide.
Base salary: $75k-$125k, based on experience and location
Meaningful early-stage equity Travel fully covered, with per diem Health, dental, and vision coverage Company hardware and field gear 401(k) with 6% match Why This RoleMost software companies serving construction have never had someone on a jobsite at 6 AM. We're there constantly, and it's why our product works. You'll have real influence over what we build, direct relationships with the largest builders in the country, and a front-row seat as this category gets defined. If you've spent time in the field and wondered why the tools are so far behind the work, this is the job.