Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Stack

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: real-time fleet health, over-the-air updates, asset and media management, security and permissions, fleet-scale observability
• ▹Develop geospatial and mission-planning systems allowing customers to plan advanced aerial missions, visualize complex spatial datasets, and operate drones autonomously and safely
• ▹Design secure, scalable, and highly observable systems 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 and incorporate customer feedback
• ▹Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and proof-of-concepts, raising the bar for engineering quality
• ▹Participate in a rotating on-call schedule to help ensure the platform remains reliable and available 24/7

Requirements

• ▹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: designing 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 turn ambiguous problems into reliable, customer-facing solutions

Nice to have

• ▹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 such as state machines and behavior trees

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Competitive base salary ($200,000-275,000 annual range) plus equity
• ▹Company group health insurance plans
• ▹Paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401K savings plan
• ▹Relocation assistance for eligible roles

About the company

Skydio is the leading U.S. drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, combining deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software development, operational excellence, and customer focus to bring drone technology to a broader, more diverse audience.