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Skydio · 4 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - Developer Productivity

positionSan Mateo, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$170K/yr - $260K/yr

Skydio is the leading US drone company specializing in autonomous flight technology. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Developer Productivity to design and build scalable internal tools that enhance engineering workflows and improve software release processes.

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

Responsibilities

Identify and lead internal cross-team projects end-to-end with a keen eye for simplicity, reliability, and a low-friction developer experience
Feature and app development to streamline developer workflows, which span on-premises workstations, cloud workstations, backend services and other development productivity improvements
Build and maintain tooling common to engineering to improve deployments, observability, and scalability
Identify ways to deliver software updates to our customers more quickly
Improve the functionality, performance, and reliability of core build architecture and corresponding build infrastructure services including remote execution, remote cache, and build analytics
Educate developers and evangelize best practices on code quality, development workflows, and test

Qualification

Cloud platforms architectureContinuous DeploymentGoPythonBazelTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication

Required

Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies
Familiarity with Bazel, Starlark, and maintaining rule sets
Prior experience implementing Continuous Deployment practices
Can write and test software in Go and Python
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience

Preferred

Past experience developing Kubernetes operators

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)
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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

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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Globalstar and Skydio Complete First Drone Flight on Globalstar Band n53TM and XCOM RAN
2025-12-16
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