Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.

About the role:

We're looking for a Staff 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.

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 CRs and tech talks

• Enable pilots to execute complex multidrone operations with ease.

• Collaborate with autonomy 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, 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.)

Work Location: This role is Hybrid 3 days a week in office out of our San Mateo, California office. We are quite flexible on the days but all employees would be expected to be able to commute to our office 3 days a week or would be open to relocation closer to the office. We offer candidates relocation packages to help with this move.

Compensation: At Skydio, our compensation packages for regular, full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of stock options, and comprehensive benefits packages. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles. The annual base salary range for this position is $200,000-$275,000. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all regular, full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company's success. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s group health insurance plans. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to receive the following benefits: Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay and 401K savings plan. This position and all associated benefits are subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws, as well as the Company’s policies and eligibility criteria.

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