Senior Software Engineer - Security
Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$190k - $250kFull-timePosted 5mo ago
About the role
Senior Software Engineer focusing on security to design, review, and build systems that secure Skydio’s multi-tenant cloud and corporate environments, with a balance of architecture work and hands-on engineering.
Responsibilities
- Review RFCs and partner with engineering teams on architectural decisions that have security implications
- Design and build internal security systems end to end, including roadmap areas such as web application firewalls and vulnerability risk management tooling
- Harden and improve security-related production software components as opportunities for better resilience and protection are identified
- Partner with Compliance to translate FedRAMP, SOC 2, Texas RAMP, ISO 27001, and CJIS requirements into practical technical controls
- Improve how we monitor, prioritize, patch, and respond to vulnerabilities across our cloud footprint
- Contribute to authentication and identity systems across cloud and corporate environments, including SSO and SCIM implementations
- Participate in the security team’s on-call rotation
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in cloud security, platform security, infrastructure security, or a related security-focused engineering role
- Strong experience working in AWS, ideally in multi-tenant cloud environments
- Strong coding ability and comfort building and maintaining tooling in languages such as Python or Go
- Experience reviewing system designs and RFCs and providing clear, actionable security guidance
- Working knowledge of SIEM, vulnerability management, and related security tooling
- Comfort operating across both technical design and hands-on implementation in a role that spans both strategy and execution
- Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions
- This position requires access to export-controlled technology, technical data, and/or controlled information, including ITAR/EAR and/or U.S. government contract requirements; candidates must be eligible to access such information
Skills
Required:Cloud securityAWSPythonRFC reviewSIEM and vulnerability managementOn-call experience
Nice to have:GoAuthentication/Identity systems
Benefits
- Paid vacation time
- sick leave
- holiday pay
- 401K savings plan
- group health insurance plans
- equity in the form of stock options
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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