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Skydio · 10 hours ago

Software Engineer - Developer Productivity - Cloud Focus

positionSan Mateo, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid Level
money$170K/yr - $240K/yr

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, seeking a Developer Productivity Engineer focusing on Cloud Infrastructure. The role involves designing and building scalable internal tools to enhance engineers' abilities to write, test, and release software efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Re-architect our build and compute infrastructure to provide developers a delightful experience
Use technologies like containerization, remote caching, and job orchestration to optimize build setup and runtime
Analyze system usage to improve time-to-insight in the build system
Understand and improve developer workflows to reduce onboarding time for new developers
Figure out how to make these workflow improvements while helping the system be more cost-efficient

Qualification

Cloud platforms architectureContinuous DeploymentContinuous IntegrationTerraformGoPythonC++Software testingDeveloper workflowsAutomation

Required

Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies
Prior experience implementing Continuous Deployment and Continuous Integration practices
Prior experience writing and maintaining Terraform
Can write and test software in Go, Python, or C++
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience

Benefits

Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan

Company

Skydio

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Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
dateFounded in 2014
location
San Mateo, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
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

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Adam Bry
Co-founder & CEO
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Tom Moss
COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)
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Recent News

Digital Journal
Drones are ready. Most companies are not.
2026-01-16
Accel.
Accel Portfolio -Skydio.
2026-01-06
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Globalstar, Skydio Complete Successful 5G Drone Connectivity Trial
2025-12-17
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