Base Salary
$170k - $240k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and expand Skydio Cloud’s core data model and API for drones, docking stations, and generated data.
- Build customer-facing web application features including over-the-air updates, fleet health, asset management, security and permissions, user and device management, and 3D reconstruction.
- Design secure, efficient, observable, scalable, and robust software for petabytes of real-time drone data and video.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, support, Autonomy, Backend Infrastructure, and Field teams to deliver Skydio Cloud features.
- Own technical direction and features end to end while contributing to long-term platform architecture.
- Improve engineering standards through activities such as code review and post-mortems.
- Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to help maintain 24/7 platform availability.
Requirements
- Five or more years of software engineering experience is preferred.
- Experience building product features across the backend and frontend from concept through customer value.
- Ability to drive software through architecture, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- High proficiency with modern cloud technologies and experience delivering scalable, secure cloud-based applications.
- Experience with or willingness to work across backend, frontend, APIs, geospatial data, and real-time systems.
- Experience with Skydio’s listed technology stack or similar technologies is a bonus.
- Experience with geospatial data, mapping, visualization, photogrammetry, scanning, mapping, or 3D reconstruction is a bonus.
- Familiarity with autonomy, robotics, or mission-planning architectures such as state machines and behavior trees is a bonus.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week in the San Mateo, California office.
- Relocation packages or assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
- 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.
Tech Stack
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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.