Skydio · 15 hours ago
Cloud Software Engineer Intern
San Mateo, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$41/hr - $58/hrSkydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. As a Cloud Software Intern on the Inspection & Mapping team, you will help build cloud services, APIs, and user experiences that transform raw drone data into actionable insights.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Drone ManagementDronesMachine LearningRobotics
Responsibilities
Leverage your past experiences, best practices, and open-ended problem solving skills to help make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous drones
Build customer facing product features to streamline inspection workflows, from flight planning and mission scheduling to data ingestion and reporting
Develop web applications and APIs for visualizing 3D scenes, managing inspection results, and tracking asset health over time
Improve synchronization and consumption of telemetry, imagery, and mission metadata between fleets of Skydio drones and the cloud
Develop secure, efficient, observable, scalable, and robust software for dealing with real-time data and video from fleets of Skydio drones
Qualification
Required
Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well-architected code
You are a junior, senior, or MS-level student with meaningful project and/or internship experience developing complex web applications or backend data systems
Proficiency with Python and/or Javascript/Typescript
Familiarity with REST-ful APIs, Linux operating system configuration, build tools, relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) and caching systems (Redis, Memcached)
Understanding of cloud service offerings (AWS, GCP), deployment techniques, and configuration management
High proficiency in Python and/or C++
Strong foundations in mathematics, optimization, and 3D geometry
Demonstrated enthusiasm for one or more of the following: Computer vision (SLAM, structure-from-motion, multi-view geometry), Mapping and localization, Robot mission planning / state management / behavioral trees, Robotics systems, embedded autonomy, or real-time inference, Geospatial data processing or photogrammetry
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, small-team environment
Experience in building user facing applications to interface with a robotics / image processing ecosystem
Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well-architected code
Preferred
Bonus points for experience shipping products or features within a collaborative engineering team environment
Bonus points for experience with geospatial data, 3D visualization, or photogrammetry workflows
Benefits
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan
Company
Skydio
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers.
Founded in 2014
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Skydio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2025 (34)
2024 (21)
2023 (22)
2022 (12)
2021 (16)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$740MKey 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~)
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