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Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Skydio· R&D
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$200k - $240kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Developer Productivity Engineer focusing on Cloud Infrastructure on Skydio's cross-functional infrastructure team. Designs and builds scalable internal tools to enhance engineers' ability to write, test, and release software efficiently, automate workflows, and reduce onboarding time while improving cost efficiency.

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

Qualifications

  • 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
  • Prior experience using Bazel
  • Can write and test software in Go, Python, or C++
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant experience
  • Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions

Skills

Required:Cloud infrastructure designCI/CDTerraformBazelProgramming

Benefits

  • Paid vacation time
  • sick leave
  • holiday pay
  • 401K savings plan
  • group health insurance plans
Last updated Sep 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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