Skydio
Skydio

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

engineeringfull-timeSan Mateo, California, United States
SALARY
Not listed
WORK TYPE
remote
JOB TYPE
full-time
INDUSTRY
ai
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About the role

About the Role

Staff Frontend Engineer to lead development of real-time, high-impact applications used by drone pilots, first responders, and mission commanders. A key contributor in shaping the future of drones as critical infrastructure by building intuitive, resilient, and high-performance interfaces that deliver mission-critical video, telemetry, and control.

How You'll Make an Impact

  • 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 code reviews and tech talks
  • Enable pilots to execute complex multidrone operations with ease
  • Collaborate with autonomy teams and iterate on features with in-field feedback

What Makes You a Good Fit

  • 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 and reliability
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Staff Software Engineer, Frontend at Skydio — Remote