Software Engineer, Full Stack

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, focusing on empowering a diverse audience of drone users. The role involves collaborating with various teams to implement and maintain backend services and APIs, improve system performance, and iterate on UI/UX in Skydio cloud.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain backend services and APIs that power frontend experiences
• Improve performance and reliability across the stack, from browser rendering to service interactions
• Build and iterate on UI/UX in Skydio cloud
• Collaborate with autonomy, product, and field teams, incorporating feedback from real-world operations

Skills

• 1–3+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing software across the stack
• Experience building or integrating backend services (e.g., REST/GraphQL APIs, service-to-service communication, or data pipelines)
• Familiarity with cloud-based systems and distributed architectures
• Understanding of performance, reliability, and maintainability considerations across frontend and backend systems
• Experience with modern web development technologies such as React and TypeScript
• Product intuition and empathy for users operating in time-sensitive, high-stakes environments
• Ability to work across teams and contribute to features from development through production
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure or orchestration tools (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes, Temporal)
• Interest in autonomy, robotics, or real-time systems

Benefits

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

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