Senior Software Engineer (Security)

As a Senior Software Engineer - Security at Skydio, you will partner closely with senior security engineers and cross-functional teams to design, review, and build systems that secure our multi-tenant cloud and corporate environments

You will split your time roughly evenly between architecture and hands-on engineering. On one side, you will review RFCs, shape system design, and advise on initiatives with meaningful security implications

On the other, you will build and harden internal security tooling end to end. You will play a key role in maturing the systems that protect Skydio’s commercial, government, and DoD customers

Review RFCs and partner with engineering teams on architectural decisions that have security implications

Design and build internal security systems end to end, including roadmap areas such as web application firewalls and vulnerability risk management tooling

Harden and improve security-related production software components as opportunities for better resilience and protection are identified

Partner with Compliance to translate FedRAMP, SOC 2, Texas RAMP, ISO 27001, and CJIS requirements into practical technical controls

Improve how we monitor, prioritize, patch, and respond to vulnerabilities across our cloud footprint

Contribute to authentication and identity systems across cloud and corporate environments, including SSO and SCIM implementations

Participate in the security team’s on-call rotation- 5+ years of experience in cloud security, platform security, infrastructure security, or a related security-focused engineering role

Experience reviewing system designs and RFCs and providing clear, actionable security guidance

Comfort operating across both technical design and hands-on implementation in a role that spans both strategy and execution

Strong coding ability and comfort building and maintaining tooling in languages such as Python or Go

Strong experience working in AWS, ideally in multi-tenant cloud environments

Working knowledge of SIEM, vulnerability management, and related security tooling

Experience working in FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, Texas RAMP, or CJIS-aligned environments

Experience building or deeply integrating authentication and identity systems, including SSO, SCIM, and front-door authentication

Background supporting government, defense, or other highly regulated customers

Experience with Kubernetes debugging, operations, or automation