Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

Senior Frontend Engineer leading development of real-time, high-impact web applications for drone pilots and mission commanders, focusing on UI/UX innovation, 3D geospatial workflows, and performance optimization. Requires 5+ years experience with React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and WebGL/Three.js.

170k – 240kSan Mateo, CAFrontend EngineeringHybrid5+ YOE

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About the role

How You’ll Make an Impact

Innovate on UI/UX in Skydio’s real time browser flight experience.
Develop mission and mapping workflows in 3D with geospatial data
Improve browser performance through process splitting and web workers
Help set engineering culture around best practices through CRs and tech talks
Enable pilots to execute complex multi-drone operations with ease.
Collaborate with autonomy and iterate on features with in field feedback.

What Makes You a Good Fit

5+ years of experience building and shipping customer-facing frontend applications.
Strong expertise in modern web development (React, TypeScript, GraphQL, WebGL/Three.js).
Proven ability to design systems that scale for performance, reliability, and usability.
Strong product intuition and empathy for end-users operating in high-stakes environments.
Demonstrated experience working across teams to deliver complex, integrated features from concept to production.

Bonus Points:

Experience working with geospatial data visualization (Mapbox, Cesium, or similar).
Familiarity with photogrammetry, scanning, mapping, or rendering pipelines.
Experience integrating frontend with cloud-based services (AWS, Temporal, Kubernetes).
Exposure to autonomy or robotics platforms.

Compensation

Annual base salary range: $170,000-$240,000. Includes equity (stock options), comprehensive benefits (health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, 401K), relocation assistance.

Skills

ReactTypeScriptGraphQLWebglThree.JsMapboxCesiumAWSKubernetesTemporal

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