Skydio

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Cloud Infrastructure

Skydio$170K — $240K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Proficient in Go and Python programming languages
  • Experience with cloud architecture, networking, and security
  • Familiar with Bazel, Starlark, and rule set maintenance
  • Experience implementing Continuous Deployment practices

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-team projects focused on simplifying developer experience
  • Develop features and apps to improve engineering workflows
  • Build and maintain tools for deployment and observability
  • Accelerate the delivery of software updates to customers
  • Enhance core build architecture and related services
  • Educate and promote best practices for code quality and development

Benefits

  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • 401K savings plan
  • Comprehensive health insurance options
  • Equity in the form of stock options
  • Work in a diverse and inclusive environment
Full Job Description
About the Team: You will be an integral member of our cross-functional infrastructure team. Working closely with each team of engineers, you will identify the areas that can be enhanced to lower developer's cognitive load, and make our engineering workflows and pipelines even more efficient. You'll write common tools, provide development best practices, and guide with thoughtful leadership as we deliver software for our growing customer base world-wide.

About the role: As a Developer Productivity Engineer focusing on Cloud Infrastructure, you will work on designing and building scalable internal tools that enhance our engineers abilities to write, test, and release software with confidence. If you're passionate about knowing how everything works from top to bottom, learning new technologies, and automating wherever possible, we'd love to hear from you.

How you'll make an impact:
  • Re-architect our build and compute infrastructure to provide developers a delightful experience
  • Use technologies like containerization, remote caching, and job orchestration to optimize build setup and runtime
  • Analyze system usage to improve time-to-insight in the build system
  • Understand and improve developer workflows to reduce onboarding time for new developers
  • Figure out how to make these workflow improvements while helping the system be more cost-efficient.

What makes you a good fit:
  • Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies
  • Prior experience implementing Continuous Deployment and Continuous Integration practices
  • Prior experience writing and maintaining Terraform
  • Can write and test software in Go, Python, or C++
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant experience


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 $170,000 - $240,000*. 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.

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

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About Skydio

Skydio is a leading manufacturer of autonomous drones for consumer and commercial use. The company's drones are equipped with advanced computer vision and artificial intelligence technology, allowing them to navigate complex environments and avoid obstacles. Skydio was founded in 2014 by a team of experts in robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Learn more about Skydio
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2014

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