Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Skydio

$170-240k

+ Equity in the form of stock options

React

AWS

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GraphQL

WebGL

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

Autonomous drones for DFR, inspection, and national security

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Autonomous drones for DFR, inspection, and national security

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Be an early applicant

$170-240k

+ Equity in the form of stock options

React

AWS

Kubernetes

TypeScript

GraphQL

WebGL

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

501-1000 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDrones

Company mission

To make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

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

Desirable

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.)

What the job involves

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead development of real-time, high-impact applications used by drone pilots, first responders, and mission commanders
You’ll be a key contributor in shaping the future of drones as critical infrastructure - building intuitive, resilient, and high-performance interfaces that deliver mission-critical video, telemetry, and control
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

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 $2B. 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. On top of this it's also been awarded two contracts to expand the use of advanced autonomous drones across key operational units by the US Air Force. 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

Top investors

24% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

Nov 2024

$170m

SERIES E

Feb 2023

$230m

SERIES E

Total funding: $741m

Company HQ

Western Hills, San Mateo, CA

Leadership

Adam Bry

(Co-Founder & 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

(Co-FOunder & CTO)

Earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and was a Software Engineer for Google's Project Wing.

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