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Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

Skydio· R&D
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Hybrid (San Mateo, California, United States)$47/hr - $58/hrInternPosted 1w ago

About the role

Intern on Skydio's Cloud Platform and Infrastructure team focusing on building and scaling cloud systems, with opportunities to work on feature flag rollout systems, workload profiling, test frameworks, and edge/cloud offerings in airgapped environments.

Responsibilities

  • Tackling scalability and deployment in both cloud and air-gapped environments
  • Designing and improving core cloud infrastructure and CI/CD systems
  • Enhancing telemetry, observability, and developer productivity
  • Building a system for product teams to manage feature flags and rollouts to customers
  • Profiling server and backend workloads to optimize performance or resource utilization
  • Developing a test framework to simulate vehicle states and test application behavior
  • Developing and packaging a small form factor Skydio cloud offering for airgapped or edge environments

Qualifications

  • Solid computer science fundamentals
  • Meaningful project/internship experience developing complex web applications or backend data systems
  • Proficiency with C/C++, Python, Golang, and/or Javascript/Typescript
  • Familiarity with RESTful APIs, Linux OS configuration, build tools, relational databases (Postgres, MySQL) and caching systems (Redis, Memcached)
  • Understanding of cloud service offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure), deployment techniques, and configuration management

Skills

Required:Computer science fundamentalsWeb applications / backend systemsC/C++PythonRESTful APIsLinuxDatabases (Postgres, MySQL)Caching (Redis, Memcached)Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Nice to have:GolangJavascript/Typescript
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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