- Robot type
- Drone
- Location
- San MateoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Oct 26, 2026
- Salary
- $190,000–$250,000 a year
Senior Software Engineer - Streaming Infrastructure
Job description
The Streaming team builds and operates the systems that move live video, telemetry, and control data between Skydio drones and our cloud platform. These systems support customers and internal teams across growing fleets, including devices operating over limited or unreliable networks. We work closely with device, networking, cloud infrastructure, security, and product teams to keep real-time communication reliable and responsive when it matters most.
Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility.
Job responsibilities
- Build and improve Kubernetes infrastructure for real-time services, contributing to capacity planning and improving compute and bandwidth efficiency as concurrent streaming demand grows.
- Improve deployment, scaling, and recovery workflows to minimize disruption to active streams.
- Build observability and help define service-level objectives for stream availability, connection success, and latency;
- Partner with device, networking, and product engineers to diagnose failures across the device-to-cloud path and enable new real-time capabilities.
- Work with security engineers to strengthen the practices and controls that protect customer data, drones, and streaming services.
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