Skydio
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-23, Skillenai has indexed 145 Skydio job postings over the past 90 days (down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks). Skydio appeared in 6 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-23
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Hiring at Skydio
Weekly Skydio job postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles Skydio is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 26 | 17.9% |
| Program Manager | 13 | 9.0% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 12 | 8.3% |
| Product Manager | 10 | 6.9% |
| Autonomy Engineer | 6 | 4.1% |
| Engineering Manager | 6 | 4.1% |
| Systems Integration and Test Engineer | 6 | 4.1% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 5 | 3.4% |
| Deep Learning Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 2.8% |
| Infrastructure Engineer | 4 | 2.8% |
Skills in Skydio job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 73 | 50.3% |
| C++ | 43 | 29.7% |
| FAA Part 107 | 26 | 17.9% |
| computer vision | 25 | 17.2% |
| Kubernetes | 19 | 13.1% |
| Go | 19 | 13.1% |
| deep learning | 18 | 12.4% |
| FAA Part 107 certification | 17 | 11.7% |
| AWS | 17 | 11.7% |
| Distributed systems | 14 | 9.7% |
| TypeScript | 13 | 9.0% |
| program management | 12 | 8.3% |
| object detection | 12 | 8.3% |
| profiling | 10 | 6.9% |
| state machines | 10 | 6.9% |
Where Skydio is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Mateo | 94 | 64.8% |
| Hayward | 16 | 11.0% |
| Tampere | 7 | 4.8% |
| Los Angeles | 3 | 2.1% |
| Chicago | 2 | 1.4% |
| Dubai | 1 | 0.7% |
Who works at Skydio
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- Java43%
- industrial automation systems29%
- XML files14%
- testing14%
- C#14%
- black-box tests14%
- python14%
- Equipment data14%
- version release14%
- data storage14%
- sql14%
- operational strategies14%
- production allocation14%
- Version control14%
- testing automation14%
Share of observed positions at Skydio that list the skill.
Degree level
- Master4
- Bachelor2
- Associate2
- PhD1
Field of study
- Computer Science1
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering1
- Game and Interactive Media Design1
Schools
- Boise State University3
- North Carolina State University2
- Georgia Southern University1
- University of West Florida1
- Community College of the Air Force1
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University1
- University of Massachusetts Amherst1
- Full Sail University1
Skydio in the news
6 news articles and 16 blog posts mentioned Skydio in the last 90 days.
News
- Premium: Axon's agentic layershhhypergrowth.com · October 1, 2026
- The Long Horizon for physical AI is getting closersvrobo.org · September 30, 2026
- 🦾 HardTech Reads: The AI & Robotics Revolution vol. 91hardtechreads.substack.com · September 6, 2026
- a16z Raises $1.1B Machine Age Fund for Physical AIconvergedigest.com · August 28, 2026
- Gen Z-founded Terra Industries extends seed round to $52M, opens London officetechfundingnews.com · August 17, 2026
- Experts react to FCC limits on U.S. imports of new humanoid and mobile robotstherobotreport.com · July 29, 2026
Blogs
- Barcodes to Battlefields: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Commerce, Banking, Healthcare, and Defensedatacatalyst.org · November 15, 2024
- Great Flying Robot Tips and Friendly Pilot Help on DronesBeesreschool.in · October 1, 2026
- The Gap #1: Anthropic and OpenAI asked to be regulated. They meant a different kind.itbb.substack.com · July 2, 2026
- Toast for Factorieshardwarefyi.substack.com · October 7, 2026
- Verkada expands platform with fleet security, cloud audio and AI integrationssecuritysystemsnews.com · September 18, 2026
- 🤖 The Ring Refuses To Restroboticsherald.com · September 29, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Skydio over the 90 days ending 2026-10-23; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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