Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Cloud Infrastructure

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 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.

Responsibilities

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.

Requirements

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

Benefits

stock options; group health insurance plans; paid vacation time; sick leave; holiday pay; 401K savings plan; relocation assistance may be provided for eligible roles