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Skydio · 8 hours ago

Software Engineer - Developer Productivity - Cloud Focus

San Mateo, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$170K/yr - $240K/yr

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, seeking a Developer Productivity Engineer focusing on Cloud Infrastructure. The role involves designing and building scalable internal tools to enhance engineers' abilities to write, test, and release software efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Re-architect our build and compute infrastructure to provide developers a delightful experience

Use technologies like containerization, remote caching, and job orchestration to optimize build setup and runtime

Analyze system usage to improve time-to-insight in the build system

Understand and improve developer workflows to reduce onboarding time for new developers

Figure out how to make these workflow improvements while helping the system be more cost-efficient

Qualification

Cloud platforms architectureContinuous DeploymentContinuous IntegrationTerraformGoPythonC++Software testingDeveloper workflowsAutomation

Required

Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies

Prior experience implementing Continuous Deployment and Continuous Integration practices

Prior experience writing and maintaining Terraform

Can write and test software in Go, Python, or C++

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience

Benefits

Equity in the form of stock options

Comprehensive benefits packages

Paid vacation time

Sick leave

Holiday pay

401K savings plan

Company

Skydio

Glassdoor4.7

Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.

Founded in 2014

San Mateo, California, USA

501-1000 employees

https://www.skydio.com

H1B Sponsorship

Skydio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (34)

2024 (21)

2023 (22)

2022 (12)

2021 (16)

2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$740M

Key Investors

Linse CapitalAndreessen HorowitzN47

2024-11-15Series E· $170M

2023-02-27Series E· $230M

2021-02-28Series D· $170M

Leadership Team

Adam Bry

Co-founder & CEO

Tom Moss

COO (2018-2020), CEO APAC (2020-2024), Chief Corp Dev (2024~)

Recent News

Digital Journal

Drones are ready. Most companies are not.

2026-01-16

Accel.

Accel Portfolio -Skydio.

2026-01-06

thefastmode.com

Globalstar, Skydio Complete Successful 5G Drone Connectivity Trial

2025-12-17

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