Lead GTM Platform Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.

🏢 About Skydio

Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, the key technology for the future of drones and aerial mobility. The Skydio team combines deep expertise in artificial intelligence, best-in-class hardware and software product development, operational excellence, and customer obsession to empower a broader, more diverse audience of drone users, from utility inspectors to first responders, soldiers in battlefield scenarios, and beyond.

🎯 The Role

We're looking for a Lead GTM Platform Engineer / Architect to lead the design and development of the Skydio GTM platform. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role. We believe the best architects are builders, people who can design elegant systems, write production-quality code, prototype quickly, and mentor other engineers through technical leadership. You'll work directly with executive leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to solve some of the company's most complex operational challenges. You'll combine software engineering, data architecture, AI, and product thinking to build applications that fundamentally change how our Go-to-Market organization operates. You'll own the technical vision while remaining deeply involved in implementation, helping shape both the architecture and the code that powers our platform. (This role will hire and manage two entry-level AI Engineers)

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for Skydio's GTM platform.
• Design scalable business applications built on Palantir Foundry.
• Build and evolve a unified business ontology that serves as the foundation for commercial operations.
• Define engineering standards, architecture principles, and platform governance.
• Write production-quality Python, SQL, and TypeScript code.
• Design and build scalable APIs, services, and integrations.
• Build AI-powered applications and autonomous workflows using modern LLM technologies.
• Develop reusable platform components that accelerate future application development.
• Review code, mentor engineers, and establish engineering best practices.
• Prototype new ideas rapidly while ensuring production-grade quality.
• Design scalable data models and semantic business objects.
• Build reliable ELT/ETL pipelines and event-driven data workflows.
• Develop AI copilots, intelligent assistants, and agentic workflows.
• Apply Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, and modern AI architectures where they create measurable business value.
• Partner directly with executives across Sales, Finance, Customer Success, Support, Product, and Operations.
• Translate complex business challenges into scalable software products.
• Drive adoption of AI and automation across the GTM organization.
• Prioritize work based on measurable business impact.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise applications or platform products.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Strong experience with TypeScript or another modern programming language.
• Experience building production-grade software using modern software engineering practices.
• Strong computer science fundamentals including distributed systems, APIs, object-oriented design, concurrency, and system design.
• Experience designing REST APIs and integrating enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Experience designing scalable data models and business ontologies.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and production deployment pipelines.
• Experience building cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, observability, reliability, and security.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work directly with executives and cross-functional partners.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with several of the following: Palantir Foundry, Palantir AIP, PySpark / Apache Spark, Databricks, Salesforce Platform & APIs, Slack APIs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or other LLM platforms, MCP, RAG, vector databases, LangGraph, LangChain, or similar AI frameworks.
• Experience building platforms supporting Revenue Operations, Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Supply Chain, or Operations is highly desirable.

🎁 Benefits

At Skydio, our compensation packages for regular, full-time employees include competitive base salaries, equity in the form of stock options, and comprehensive benefits packages. The annual base salary range for this position is $230,000 - $303,000*. Fundamentally, we believe that equity is the key to long-term financial growth, and we ensure all regular, full-time employees receive equity. Relocation assistance may also be provided for eligible roles.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is strongly encouraged for all Skydio employees and required for certain positions.