Skydio

Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

Skydio

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Mateo • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

GraphQLJavaScriptReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Innovate on UI/UX in Skydio’s real-time browser flight experience.
  • Develop mission and mapping workflows in 3D with geospatial data.
  • Improve browser performance through process splitting and web workers.
  • Help set engineering culture around best practices through CRs and tech talks.
  • Enable pilots to execute complex multi-drone operations with ease.
  • Collaborate with autonomy and iterate on features with in-field feedback.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing frontend applications.
  • Strong expertise in modern web development (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, WebGL/Three.js).
  • Proven ability to design systems that scale for performance, reliability, and usability.
  • Strong product intuition and empathy for end-users operating in high-stakes environments.
  • Demonstrated experience working across teams to deliver complex, integrated features from concept to production.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401K savings plan
  • Paid vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Holiday pay
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactTypeScriptGraphQLWebGLThree.jsUI/UX design3D mappinggeospatial dataperformance optimizationsystem design
Soft Skills
product intuitionempathy for end-userscollaborationcommunicationteamworkproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadershipfeedback incorporationbest practices advocacy