Senior Software Engineer - Data

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines to ingest, process, and analyze large volumes of flight telemetry and other drone-related data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop tools and frameworks that provide engineers with detailed insights into fleet-wide metrics and individual drone performance.
• Create intuitive, self-serve data tools that enable teams to easily access, explore, visualize and monitor drone data, facilitating faster decision-making and debugging without the need for manual intervention.
• Develop and manage a company-wide data strategy that standardizes how data is accessed, shared, and utilized across teams, ensuring alignment on best practices, tools, and governance.
• Leverage your experience and best practices to not only uphold but improve Skydio’s engineering standards.
• Actively contribute towards the 24/7 availability of Skydio's platforms by joining our rotating on-call schedule.

• You have 5+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly in domains involving data systems at scale.
• You are customer focused and love shipping products quickly that solve customer problems.
• You have demonstrated ability to take a concept and systematically drive it through the software lifecycle: architecture, development, testing, and deployment, and monitoring
• You have experience building and delivering scalable and secure cloud based systems with a high proficiency in modern cloud technologies.
• Direct experience with our stack (Python, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Databricks, Kubernetes).
• You are comfortable navigating and delivering within a complex codebase.
• Experience with Spark, DBT, Machine Learning, Data Pipelining, Robotics, or autonomous systems are all a plus.

Work Location: This role would be 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 full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of options, comprehensive benefits, and various incentives and stipends. 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 $170,000 - 258,000*. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company’s success.

*Compensation for certain positions may vary based on the candidate's location.

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