Senior Autonomy Data Engineer

Skydio; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid vacation time

401(k) savings plan

Job summary

Skydio is looking for a Senior Engineer on the Autonomy Data Curation team to help build a data flywheel by collecting and curating data from drones.

The role requires strong software engineering experience and proficiency in programming languages like Python or C++. The compensation package is competitive, including a salary range of $170,000 – $240,000, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with ownership of production systems.
• Experience building data pipelines for large-scale datasets and data modeling.
• Ability to work across ambiguous interfaces and drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines that transform raw autonomy logs and media into curated datasets.
• Improve dataset quality and repeatability through automated checks.
• Build tooling for fast data discovery and slicing.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Programming proficiency (Python/C++)

Data pipeline construction

Data modeling and schema evolution

Reliability engineering

Decision driving across ambiguous interfaces

Job description

Skydio is looking for a Senior Engineer on the Autonomy Data Curation team to help build a data flywheel by collecting and curating data from drones.

The role requires strong software engineering experience and proficiency in programming languages like Python or C++. The compensation package is competitive, including a salary range of $170,000 – $240,000, along with comprehensive benefits.