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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