Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Leads development of real-time frontend applications for drone pilots and mission commanders, focusing on intuitive UI/UX, 3D geospatial workflows, and high-performance browser experiences. Requires 8+ years experience with React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and WebGL/Three.js.

200k – 275kSan Mateo, CAFrontend EngineeringHybrid8+ YOE

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About the role

Responsibilities

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 multidrone operations with ease.
Collaborate with autonomy and iterate on features with in field feedback.

Requirements

8+ 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.

Nice-to-haves

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: $200,000-$275,000.
Equity in the form of stock options.
Comprehensive benefits: health insurance, paid vacation, sick leave, holiday pay, 401K.
Relocation assistance available.

Skills

ReactTypeScriptGraphQLWebglThree.JsMapboxCesiumAWSKubernetesTemporal

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