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Skydio · 9 hours ago

Cloud Software Engineer Intern

San Mateo, CA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$47/hr - $58/hr

Skydio is the leading US drone company specializing in autonomous flight technology. The Cloud Software Engineer Intern will contribute to the Drone as First Responder team by developing workflows and features that enhance incident response capabilities for public safety customers.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement operator-facing features that help first responders coordinate incidents and make faster, safer decisions

Leverage curiosity, technical skill, and a collaborative mindset to help make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous drones

Collaborate across functions (product managers, designers, engineers, and support) to deliver high‑quality, impactful features to customers

Build operator‑facing features used daily in Drone as First Responder (DFR) to enhance existing capabilities and enable new workflows on Skydio Cloud

Create real‑time UI for live video and relaying telemetry data from the drone

Implement map‑centric interactions for placing and managing incident markers (911 calls) with clear affordances and undo/redo

Ship pre‑merge end‑to‑end tests for critical user journeys to prevent regressions and increase release confidence

Qualification

ReactTypeScriptAPIsGraphQLWebGL/Three.jsCuriosityClean codeRobotics conceptsCollaboration

Required

Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well‑architected code

Junior, senior, or MS-level student with meaningful project or internship experience developing modern web applications that connect to backend APIs and data systems

Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and collaborating within a fast‑paced team environment

Experience in modern web development (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, WebGL/Three.js)

Experience building and maintaining scalable APIs, services, and integrations for handling large datasets

Preferred

familiarity with robotics software development concepts

Company

Skydio

Glassdoor4.7

Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.

Founded in 2014

San Mateo, California, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.skydio.com

H1B Sponsorship

Skydio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (34)

2024 (21)

2023 (22)

2022 (12)

2021 (16)

2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$740M

Key Investors

Linse CapitalAndreessen HorowitzN47

2024-11-15Series E· $170M

2023-02-27Series E· $230M

2021-02-28Series D· $170M

Leadership Team

Adam Bry

Co-founder & CEO

Tom Moss

COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)

Recent News

Digital Journal

Drones are ready. Most companies are not.

2026-01-16

Accel.

Accel Portfolio -Skydio.

2026-01-06

thefastmode.com

Globalstar, Skydio Complete Successful 5G Drone Connectivity Trial

2025-12-17

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