Skydio

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Skydio

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Mateo • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudGraphQLJavaScriptKubernetesReactTypeScript

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 multidrone operations with ease.
  • Collaborate with autonomy and iterate on features with in field feedback.

Requirements

  • 8+ 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.
  • Bonus Points:
  • Experience working with geospatial data visualization (Mapbox, Cesium, or similar).
  • Familiarity with photogrammetry, scanning, mapping, or rendering pipelines.
  • Experience integrating frontend with cloud-based services (AWS, Temporal, Kubernetes).
  • Exposure to autonomy or robotics platforms.
Benefits
  • Competitive base salaries
  • Equity in the form of stock options
  • Comprehensive benefits packages
  • Relocation assistance for eligible roles
  • Paid vacation time
  • Sick leave
  • Holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactTypeScriptGraphQLWebGLThree.jsgeospatial data visualizationphotogrammetryscanningmappingrendering pipelines
Soft Skills
product intuitionempathy for end-userscollaborationiterationengineering culturebest practicescommunication