Base Salary
$200k - $275k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and evolve data models, APIs, and services for drones, docks, users, missions, telemetry, video, and geospatial data.
- Build fleet management capabilities including real-time fleet health, over-the-air updates, asset and media management, security and permissions, user and device management, and fleet-scale observability.
- Develop geospatial and mission-planning systems for advanced aerial missions and complex spatial datasets.
- Design secure, scalable, highly observable systems handling petabytes of real-time data and video from globally distributed drone fleets.
- Develop primarily on Skydio Cloud using backend and frontend technologies, with occasional work on software running directly on drones.
- Own technical direction and features end-to-end while collaborating with Product, Design, Backend Infrastructure, Autonomy, and Field teams.
- Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and proof-of-concepts.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule supporting platform reliability and 24/7 availability.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building full-stack software systems.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Python, and cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Ability to design end-to-end solutions with performance, reliability, testing, and observability in mind.
- Experience building secure, scalable, enterprise-grade cloud applications and APIs.
- Familiarity with infrastructure and tooling such as PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and Temporal or similar technologies.
- Strong product instincts and ability to turn ambiguous problems into reliable, customer-facing solutions.
- Experience with geospatial data, mapping, visualization, photogrammetry, scanning, mapping, 3D reconstruction, real-time data systems, autonomy, robotics, or mission-planning architectures is advantageous.
Benefits
- Hybrid schedule requiring three days per week in the San Mateo, California office, with flexibility on which days.
- Relocation packages or assistance may be available for eligible employees.
- Comprehensive health insurance plans for eligible regular, full-time employees.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and a 401(k) savings plan.
- Equity in the form of stock options for eligible regular, full-time employees.
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About Skydio
Skydio is the leading U.S.-based drone manufacturer and the world leader in autonomous flight technology. We leverage breakthrough artificial intelligence to create flying robots that are easier to operate, safer to fly, and more capable in complex environments. Our systems are trusted by more than 3,800 agencies and organizations across the U.S. military, public safety, and critical infrastructure sectors. Skydio Drone as First Responder (DFR) programs now operate in 42 states, and more than 16M Americans live within the response zone of a DFR Dock. In total, Skydio supports more than 1,200 public safety agencies – double the number from a year ago. More than 250 utilities rely on Skydio for inspection programs that improve reliability and worker safety. In national security, they are supporting mission-critical operations both on the battlefield and across military installations, keeping our nation and our allies secure. Founded in 2014, Skydio designs, assembles, and supports its products in the U.S., with headquarters in San Mateo, CA, and manufacturing facilities in Hayward, CA. We are the largest drone manufacturer in the U.S. and have shipped more than 60,000 flying robots. The company is backed by top investors and strategic partners, including Andreessen Horowitz, Linse Capital, N47, IVP, Playground, and NVIDIA.