Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack
Core
Design and build core cloud systems for autonomous drone operations, enabling fleet management, mission planning, and visualization of spatial data.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Builds
Skydio Cloud SaaS platform for drone fleets, including fleet management, mission planning, and geospatial visualization tools.
Domain
Autonomous drones, cloud infrastructure, geospatial data
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Temporal, systems thinking, secure API design
Preferred skills
Geospatial data tools (Mapbox, Cesium, PostGIS), photogrammetry, 3D reconstruction, autonomy/robotics architectures
Technologies
TypeScript, React, GraphQL, Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Temporal, Mapbox, Cesium, PostGIS
Responsibilities
Design and evolve core data models, APIs, and services for drones and telemetry; Build fleet management capabilities including real-time health monitoring and over-the-air updates; Develop geospatial and mission-planning systems; Design scalable systems for petabytes of real-time data; Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews and code reviews; Participate in on-call rotation for platform reliability.
