Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

The role

You will build systems and features that power autonomous drone operations at scale. You will work across the stack including backend services and frontend experiences.

What you will do

• Building customer-facing features in the Skydio Cloud web app
• Designing and extending the APIs and data models
• Visualizing rich spatial data through maps and 3D views
• Improving the reliability, performance, and observability of systems
• Building systems to manage feature flags and roll out functionality
• Developing views in the web app for real-time fleet status
• Building tools for browsing, filtering, and managing photo and video assets
• Developing a test framework to simulate vehicle states
• Profiling backend and frontend performance

Required qualifications

• Solid computer science fundamentals
• Meaningful project and/or internship experience building complex web applications
• Proficiency with Python, Golang, and/or JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with a modern frontend framework such as React
• Familiarity with RESTful or GraphQL APIs and relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Junior, senior, or master’s student

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) or containerized deployments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with geospatial data, mapping, or visualization tools such as Mapbox, Cesium, PostGIS, or ThreeJS
• Experience integrating frontend applications with real-time data systems

About the company

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight. The team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession.