Posted 6 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer (React Native)

Skydio

United States 🇺🇸

Onsite
Full Time
React
Software Engineering
TypeScript

$190,000 - $250,000 year

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We’re looking for a Senior React Native Engineer to lead development of real-time, high-impact mobile applications used by first responders, drone pilots, mission commanders, and members of the public requesting a drone
You’ll be a key contributor in shaping the future of drones as critical infrastructure — building intuitive, resilient, high-performance interfaces that deliver mission-critical video, telemetry, and collaboration at the edge
This is a role with real architectural latitude
You’ll make foundational decisions about how our cross-platform app is structured, and you’ll see the results in the field, where the people using what you build are operating under time pressure and can’t afford a dropped frame or a confusing screen
Innovate on UI/UX for Skydio’s new cross-platform mobile app
Build video- and map-based experiences for a range of user personas, from trained pilots to first-time public users
Improve app performance through tasteful use of native code versus TypeScript — knowing when to drop into Swift or Kotlin and when not to
Establish the patterns the app is built on: shared components, navigation and state management conventions, testing strategy, CI/CD, and performance budgets
Own features end to end, from early prototype through customer rollout, with release management, feature flagging, and observability in place
Enable first responders to run complex multi-drone operations with ease
Collaborate with the autonomy and cloud teams, and iterate on features using feedback from the field
Experience building real-time, data-intensive features and integrating with external APIs and services
Strong development skills in Swift and/or Kotlin, with real experience writing or maintaining native modules rather than only consuming them
Demonstrated experience working across teams to take complex, integrated features from concept to production
5+ years building and shipping customer-facing mobile applications, with substantial depth in React Native
Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, and GraphQL
Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions
Comfort operating with ambiguity and a bias toward action
Strong product intuition and empathy for end users operating in high-stakes environments
Proven ability to design systems that scale for performance, reliability, and usability — and the diagnostic skill to find out why they don’t
You don’t need to check every box. If you’re excited about this role and think you’d be a strong fit, we encourage you to apply — even if your experience doesn’t match every qualification listed above
Experience with 3D tooling and matrix-based transformations (OpenGL, WebGL, WebGPU, Three.js, or similar)
Experience with real-time video streaming (WebRTC, LiveKit, RTP/UDP pipelines, or similar)
Experience extending a mobile codebase to another platform, such as React Native on macOS
Experience with Expo and modern React Native tooling, including the New Architecture (Fabric, TurboModules)
Exposure to autonomy or robotics platforms, or any app that communicates directly with physical hardware over BLE, Wi-Fi, or a vendor SDK
Comfort with AI-assisted development workflows and an interest in pushing what’s possible with them
Experience with geospatial data visualization (Mapbox, Cesium, or similar)