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
Company Overview
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.skydio.com.