Skydio · 8 hours ago
Staff Full-stack Software Engineer
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $275K/yr
8+ years expSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and build core cloud systems that power autonomous drone operations at scale, enabling customers to manage complex aerial missions and large fleets of drones.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Design and evolve Skydio Cloud’s core data models, APIs, and services for drones, docks, users, missions, and the large volumes of telemetry, video, and geospatial data they produce
Build and maintain core 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 that allow customers to plan advanced aerial missions, visualize complex spatial datasets, and operate drones autonomously and safely
Design secure, scalable, and highly observable systems capable of handling petabytes of real-time data and video from globally distributed drone fleets
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Backend Infrastructure, and Field teams to rapidly iterate, incorporate customer feedback, and deliver impactful features
Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and proof-of-concepts, helping raise the bar for engineering quality across the organization
Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to help ensure Skydio’s platform remains reliable and available 24/7. While reliability is critical, incidents are rare
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience building full-stack software systems, with strong proficiency in TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Python, and cloud platforms such as AWS
Demonstrated systems thinking: the 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 modern infrastructure and tooling such as PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Temporal, or similar technologies
Strong product instincts and the ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into reliable, customer-facing solutions
Preferred
Experience with geospatial data, mapping, or visualization tools such as Mapbox, Cesium, PostGIS, ArcGIS, or QGIS
Experience with photogrammetry, scanning, mapping, or 3D reconstruction pipelines
Experience integrating frontend applications with cloud-based services and real-time data systems
Familiarity with autonomy, robotics, or mission-planning architectures (e.g., state machines, behavior trees)
Benefits
Equity in the form of stock options
Comprehensive benefits packages
Relocation assistance
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan
Company
Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740MKey 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~)
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