Skydio is the leading US drone company focused on autonomous flight technology. The role involves building workflows for Drone as First Responder, collaborating across functions to enhance features and deliver impactful solutions for public safety and critical infrastructure customers.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement operator-facing features that help first responders coordinate incidents and make faster, safer decisions
- Leverage curiosity, technical skill, and a collaborative mindset to help make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous drones
- Collaborate across functions (product managers, designers, engineers, and support) to deliver high‑quality, impactful features to customers
- Build operator‑facing features used daily in Drone as First Responder (DFR) to enhance existing capabilities and enable new workflows on Skydio Cloud
- Create real‑time UI for live video and relaying telemetry data from the drone
- Implement map‑centric interactions for placing and managing incident markers (911 calls) with clear affordances and undo/redo
- Ship pre‑merge end‑to‑end tests for critical user journeys to prevent regressions and increase release confidence
Skills
- Solid software engineering foundation and a commitment to writing clean, well‑architected code
- Junior, senior, or MS-level student with meaningful project or internship experience developing modern web applications that connect to backend APIs and data systems
- Enthusiasm for learning new technologies and collaborating within a fast‑paced team environment
- Experience in modern web development (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, WebGL/Three.js)
- Experience building and maintaining scalable APIs, services, and integrations for handling large datasets
- Bonus: familiarity with robotics software development concepts
Company Overview
Skydio uses artificial intelligence to create flying drones that are used by consumer, enterprise, and government customers. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.skydio.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Skydio has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 34 in 2025, 21 in 2024, 22 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 16 in 2021, 3 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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