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Staff Software Engineer - Security

Skydio· R&D
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$220k - $270kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer focusing on security to design, review, and build secure multi-tenant cloud and corporate environments. Combines architecture and hands-on engineering to mature security tooling and protect Skydio’s commercial, government, and DoD customers.

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

  • 7+ 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 without additional U.S. government authorization.

Skills

Required:Cloud securityProgramming (Python or Go)System design review

Benefits

  • Paid vacation time
  • sick leave
  • holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan
  • group health insurance plans
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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