Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The role involves collaborating with various teams to implement and maintain backend services and APIs, improve performance across the stack, and build 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
• Relocation packages to help with this move
• Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles
• Regular, full-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s group health insurance plans
• Paid vacation time
• Sick leave
• Holiday pay
• 401K savings plan

Company Overview

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