Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Skydio, you will re-architect and maintain the Kubernetes fleet and supporting infrastructure, improve continuous delivery, work cross-functionally to build new platform capabilities, collaborate with security to enhance practices, and drive cost-saving initiatives. This hybrid role involves both infrastructure support and software changes to the core product.

Responsibilities

• Re-architect and maintain the ever growing needs on our Kubernetes fleet and its supporting infrastructure.
• Continually improve and expand the continuous delivery of the product.
• Work in cross-functional teams (from hardware to cloud) to build new capabilities for the platform.
• Work directly with security to continually improve the practices and controls that will keep our customer’s data and drones safe.
• Drive cost saving initiatives early into Skydio’s product, so that it scales over time.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a SRE, DevOps or equivalent infrastructure role.
• Can comfortably debug and automate Kubernetes clusters.
• Not hesitant to jump into the code to fix the underlying issue (Python or Go preferred).
• Prior experience implementing continuous deployment systems.
• Understand cloud platforms architecture, especially networking, security, storage, and resilient application topologies.
• Ability and interest in being delegated business objectives and seeking out the solutions.
• This position requires access to export-controlled technical data, restricted government information, and/or information systems subject to U.S. government security and access-control requirements. Employment in this role is contingent upon verification of U.S. person status and the ability to access controlled or restricted information as required for the position.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with supporting both SaaS and self-hosted applications.
• Experience with supporting drones or highly automated physical hardware.

Benefits

• Compensation: At Skydio, our compensation packages for regular, full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of stock options, and comprehensive benefits packages. Compensation will vary based on factors, including skill level, proficiencies, transferable knowledge, and experience. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles. The annual base salary range for this position is $190,000 - 240,000*. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all regular, full-time employees have the opportunity to significantly benefit from the company's success. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to enroll in the Company’s group health insurance plans. Regular, full-time employees are eligible to receive the following benefits: Paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay and 401K savings plan. This position and all associated benefits are subject to applicable federal, state, and local laws, as well as the Company’s policies and eligibility criteria.