Senior Data Engineer, Skydio
Analytics
$140-175k
More information about location
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Drone manufacturer
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Drone manufacturer
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$140-175k
More information about location
Office located in San Mateo, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining data pipelines from ETL to automation and anomaly alerts preferably with Fivetran, Airflow, and Databricks
- Advanced understanding of AWS (e.g. Terraform, S3, IAM) and Databricks offerings including cluster management with infrastructure-as-code as a bonus
- Proven ability to write, test, and debug code primarily in SQL and Python
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to break down complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- We are looking for a talented Senior Data Engineer, Analytics to elevate our robust analytics technology stack by designing and implementing top-tier data infrastructure and management best practices across ETL, automation, reporting, and governance.
- This role is pivotal in building a scalable, reliable data architecture that empowers the Analytics and Strategy team to drive decision-making across the entire organization.
- You will collaborate closely with the software, hardware, and GTM teams to provide strategic input on data storage, formats, and access controls to meet both internal and external requirements.
- Your work will play a key role in shaping the future of our technology stack, enhancing team productivity, and driving company-wide efficiency and profitability
- Assist in managing the performance of our tech stack including Fivetran, Databricks, AWS, Tableau, and Ascend (Airflow-like environment)
- Refine and expand on the automated pipelines ensuring completeness of data and deviances (e.g. changing schemas) are properly ingested and propagated
- Partner with Analytics teammates to translate their respective stakeholders’ business needs into data products
- Collaborate with Engineering to appropriately provision internal and external users with governance (e.g. GDPR) in mind
- Help democratize data by contributing to data dictionary and lineage initiatives
- Assist with ad-hoc projects and provide support as needed
- Develop data pipeline status reporting such as data anomaly detection, cluster health, error handling, and automated alerting
- Assist with ad-hoc projects and provide support as needed
Our take
A leader in autonomous flight, Skydio builds drones that can track and film targets while avoiding obstacles. Its products have a wide range of applications, most notably for businesses that need to undertake inspections in unsafe places. The drones are also valuable to search and rescue efforts, police forces, and the US army.
Backed by a range of top investors and strategic partners (including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, and Next 47) Skydio sets itself apart from its competitors by marketing its products predominantly to businesses. With technology such as 3D scanning and a 360-degree superzoom mode, its drones have a wide range of applications and functionality.
The company raised funding in 2023, which has boosted its valuation to over $2 billion. It has since focussed on R&D, developing and launching the X10 model which is designed for first responders and the military, as well as enhancing its remote control and thermal imaging capabilities. As the largest American drone company, there is no reason Skydio shouldn't remain a key industry actor for years to come.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Feb 2023
$230m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$171m
SERIES D
Total funding: $571m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- We consider the holistic impact our products have on communities and countries
- We use our role as a leader in autonomous flight technology to promote the responsible development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- We proactively promote best practices on the responsible use of our products with our customers
- We engage in policy and regulatory efforts to support laws, policies, and standards aligned with our values
- We engage in a responsible way with public sector customers in the United States and other free societies
- We will not sell our products to repressive regimes
- We will not put weapons on our drones and will oppose fully autonomous lethal weapons systems
- We seek to create connections between our employees and the customers we serve beyond simply providing products and services
- We seek to provide flexibility and freedom for people to choose what they work on
Company HQ
Western Hills, San Mateo, CA
Articles
Leadership
Adam Bry
(CEO)Having studied at MIT, they spent a year and a half at Google as a Software Engineer. They left this position in February 2014 to co-found Skydio.
Abraham Bachrach
(CTO)Earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and was a Software Engineer for Google's Project Wing.
Matt Donahoe
(CXO)Previously a Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab and a Mobile Engineer at Pocket Gems.
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