Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Skydio
San Mateo
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 230,000 - 275,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Kubernetes","Python","Go","CI/CD","Cloud","Networking","Storage"]

Join Skydio’s Cloud infrastructure team as a Staff Infrastructure Engineer responsible for maintaining and re-architecting our Kubernetes fleet, and making software changes to the core product to support evolving use cases. This hybrid software/infrastructure role spans the stack, enabling you to influence architecture, security, and functionality while collaborating with hardware and cloud teams to deliver scalable, cost-effective infrastructure.

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Skydio
Skydio
3 months ago

Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Join Skydio’s Cloud infrastructure team as a Staff Infrastructure Engineer responsible for maintaining and re-architecting our Kubernetes fleet, and making software changes to the core product to support evolving use cases. This hybrid software/infrastructure role spans the stack, enabling you to influence architecture, security, and functionality while collaborating with hardware and cloud teams to deliver scalable, cost-effective infrastructure.
Location: San Mateo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Re-architect and maintain the evolving Kubernetes fleet and its supporting infrastructure
  • •Continuously improve and expand the product’s continuous delivery pipeline
  • •Collaborate with cross-functional teams (hardware to cloud) to build new platform capabilities
  • •Work with security teams to improve data and drone security practices and controls
  • •Drive early cost-saving initiatives to ensure scalable growth of the product

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 275,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance401kEquityPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of experience as a platform engineer, DevOps or equivalent infrastructure role
  • •Ability to debug and automate Kubernetes clusters
  • •Proficiency in Python or Go and willingness to modify core product code
  • •Experience implementing continuous deployment systems
  • •Understanding of cloud platform architecture including networking, security, storage, and resilient topologies
Experience:6+ yearsCloud infrastructureDevopsKubernetesInfrastructure-as-code
Skills:KubernetesPythonGoCI/CDCloudNetworkingStorage
Tech Stack:KubernetesPythonGoCI/CDCloudNetworkingStorage

Company Brief

Skydio
Designs and manufactures autonomous consumer and enterprise drones using AI-powered vision and navigation systems for inspection, mapping, public safety, and industrial applications. Focuses on rugged, fully autonomous flight and end-to-end drone solutions.
Industry: Drones & Aerial Logistics
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Mateo, United States
Founded: 2014
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