Skydioでは、自律飛行ドローン向けのリアルタイムストリーミングおよびテレメトリサービスを設計・保守するシニアソフトウェアエンジニアを募集しています。分散システムの構築・運用における5年以上の経験と、Apache PulsarまたはKafkaの知識が必須です。大規模な並行処理環境でパフォーマンスとスケーラビリティの課題を解決し、ドローンの基盤技術を強化する役割を担います。
San Mateo, California, United States - Full-time 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.
As a member of this team, you'll help build the real-time infrastructure that powers some of the world's most advanced autonomous drones. You'll design and maintain world-class video streaming and telemetry services that enable customers to carry out mission-critical operations across millions of flights each year. Working on massively concurrent, low-latency distributed systems that process terabytes of data every day, you'll tackle complex performance and scalability challenges with real-world impact. You'll also shape the evolution of Skydio's real-time frameworks, empowering engineering teams across the company to build sophisticated, stateful applications more efficiently. From optimizing performance over constrained network connections to advancing industry-leading technologies like Skydio Connect Fusion, you'll solve difficult technical problems that directly enhance the reliability, responsiveness, and capabilities of our products.
5+ years of experience building / running complex distributed systems.
Experience with distributed messaging systems, like Apache Pulsar or Kafka.
Prior experience implementing continuous deployment for complex stateful systems.
You’re someone who loves tackling complex problems across connectivity, backend services, and infrastructure components.
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.
Experience with real time media delivery infrastructure, such as Livekit, MediaMTX, etc.
Experience with streaming protocols, such as WebRTC, QUIC, HLS, etc.
Experience with low-level video protocols and codecs, such as H264, H265, RTP, etc.
Experience with Go.
*Compensation for certain positions may vary based on the position’s location.
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