
Software Engineer - Security - Skydio - San Mateo, California
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Job Description
As a Software Engineer on Skydio's Security team, you'll build automation and internal tooling to keep our cloud and environments secure and audit-ready. You'll develop automation for security controls, integrate cloud, identity, and vulnerability systems, and automate compliance evidence collection. Your work will include designing dashboards, pipelines, and security systems, translating framework requirements into code, and participating in on-call rotations. The role involves automating workflows, system integration, and security system development, with a focus on cloud environments like AWS. Candidates should have 3+ years of experience in software, security, or platform engineering, strong coding skills in Python or Go, and familiarity with cloud security and automation. Nice to have skills include experience with security platforms, compliance automation, Kubernetes, and regulated environments. The annual salary range is $160,000 - 210,000, with benefits including health insurance, paid leave, and 401K. The role requires eligibility to access export-controlled information and may involve obtaining FAA Part 107 certification.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 78 |
| Remote | 8 |
| Tampere, Finland | 5 |
| Remote - Finland | 3 |
| Remote - Switzerland | 1 |
| Remote - Germany | 1 |
| Zurich, Switzerland | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Autonomy Engineer | 6 |
| Solutions Engineer | 6 |
| Software Engineer | 6 |
| Autonomy Engineer Intern | 4 |
| Product Manager | 4 |
| Customer Success Manager | 3 |
| Enterprise Account Manager | 3 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 2 |
| Program Manager | 2 |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 2 |
| Electrical Engineer | 2 |
| Technical Recruiter | 2 |
| Full Stack Developer | 1 |
| Supply Chain Manager | 1 |
| Electronics Engineer | 1 |
| Technical Support Specialist | 1 |
| Supply Chain Intern | 1 |
| Product Quality Engineer | 1 |
| Autonomy Software Engineer | 1 |
| Production Manager | 1 |
| Head of Warehouse & Logistics Operations | 1 |
| Supplier Quality Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Operations Program Manager | 1 |
| Logistics Coordinator | 1 |
| Manufacturing Business Process Intern | 1 |
| Designer | 1 |
| Production Supervisor | 1 |
| Camera Test Engineer | 1 |
| Coordinator | 1 |
| Product Design Engineer | 1 |
| Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst | 1 |
| Growth Marketing Director | 1 |
| Business Recruiter | 1 |
| PCB Layout Engineer | 1 |
| Data Analyst | 1 |
| Autonomy Data Curation Engineer | 1 |
| Data Engineer | 1 |
| Wireless Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Proposal Analyst | 1 |
| Service Coordinator | 1 |
| Field Marketing Event Manager | 1 |
| Systems Integration and Test Engineer | 1 |
| Aviation Regulatory Program | 1 |
| Deployment Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer | 1 |
| Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Product Management Director | 1 |
| Communications Manager | 1 |
| Repair Program Manager | 1 |
| Support Specialist | 1 |
| Support | 1 |
| Supply Chain Specialist | 1 |
| Revenue Operations Engineer | 1 |
| Mission Success Operations | 1 |
| Product Marketing | 1 |
| Electrical Engineer Intern | 1 |
| RF Design Engineer | 1 |
| Sales Representative | 1 |
| Senior Technical Recruiter | 1 |
| Deployment Coordinator | 1 |
| Customer Support Representative | 1 |
| Workplace Experience Coordinator | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 77 |
| Mid-level | 1 |
| Manager | 1 |
Skydio appears in 97 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since October 2023. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Remote - Global, Remote, and Tampere, Finland.
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Build automation and tooling for security controls
- Integrate cloud, identity, and vulnerability systems
- Automate compliance evidence collection and reporting
- Design dashboards and security systems
- Translate framework requirements into code
- Participate in security on-call rotation
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in software, security, or platform engineering
- Strong coding ability in Python or Go
- Experience automating workflows and integrating systems via APIs
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