Job Title: Senior Full Stack Developer – Skydio/Any Drone Platform Integration, Azure Cloud, Databricks & MLOps
Location: Houston TX
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer with expertise in building event-driven microservice solutions across distributed systems, including Drone Platform integrations, Azure Cloud, Data Engineering, Databricks, and MLOps. This role focuses on designing and developing an enterprise-grade drone operations platform that integrates Drone-in-a-Box providers to support mission planning, semi-autonomous flight operations, analytics, and AI-driven insights.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience in software integration across diverse APIs and providers, full-stack application development, cloud-native architecture, modern data engineering, and machine learning operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade microservices and client-side web applications.
- Collaborate with business users to understand requirements and continuously integrate feedback into solutions.
- Learn and support drone operations across multiple facilities.
Drone Platform Integration
- Design and develop integrations with Skydio or other drone platforms and associated APIs.
- Build capabilities for:
- Automated mission creation and scheduling
- Flight plan management
- Fleet administration and monitoring
- Autonomous inspection workflows
- Media and telemetry data retrieval
- Drone asset management
- Create applications that orchestrate drone operations from a custom platform outside native drone management interfaces.
- Implement secure authentication, authorization, and API management for drone services.
- Integrate drone-generated data with analytics and reporting systems.
Full Stack Application Development
- Develop enterprise applications using:
- Angular/JavaScript
- .NET Core / .NET 8
- C#/.NET Web API
- Microsoft SQL Server or equivalent SQL DBMS
- Agile methodologies
- Build responsive web applications and dashboards supporting:
- Mission planning
- Drone fleet operations
- Flight monitoring
- Inspection analytics
- Operational reporting
- Design and develop RESTful APIs and microservices.
- Implement scalable, maintainable, and cloud-native architectures.
Database & Data Management
- Design and optimize SQL Server databases supporting:
- Flight records
- Mission history
- Drone telemetry
- Inspection results
- Analytics and reporting
- Develop data models and ETL processes supporting enterprise-scale drone operations.
- Ensure data quality, performance optimization, and governance.
Cloud Development
- Design and implement cloud-native solutions leveraging:
- Azure App Services
- Azure Functions
- Azure API Management
- Azure SQL Database
- Azure Storage Accounts
- Azure Event Grid
- Azure Service Bus
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Monitor
- Build scalable, highly available, and secure cloud architectures.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (Ansible).
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or equivalent tools.
Data Engineering & Databricks
- Design and develop modern data platforms using Azure Databricks.
- Build data ingestion pipelines for:
- Drone telemetry data
- Images and videos
- Mission execution data
- Implement data lake architecture and data governance standards.
- Optimize data processing and analytics workloads.
- Develop data products for operational reporting and AI model consumption.
Machine Learning & MLOps
- Operationalize machine learning solutions for:
- Asset inspection automation
- Image analysis
- Predictive analytics
- Anomaly detection
- Flight operation optimization
- Implement MLOps frameworks using:
- Azure Machine Learning
- Databricks ML
- Python/PyTorch
- Build execution, orchestration, and monitoring pipelines.
- Implement model governance, versioning, and lifecycle management.
- Collaborate with Data Scientists and AI Engineers to productionize AI solutions.
Security & Compliance
- Apply enterprise security best practices across cloud, data, and application environments.
- Implement:
- Microsoft Entra ID
- RBAC
- API Security
- Data Encryption
- Secure Secrets Management
- Ensure compliance with enterprise governance and cloud security standards.
Required Skills
- Angular 14+
- TypeScript
- HTML5
- CSS3
- RxJS
- Responsive Application Design
- .NET Core / .NET 8
- C#
- ASP.NET Web API
- RESTful Services
- Microservices Architecture
- SQL Server
- Azure SQL Database
- T-SQL
- Data Modeling
- Query Optimization
- Performance Tuning
- Azure App Services
- Azure Functions
- API Management
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Key Vault
- Service Bus
- Event Grid
- Azure Monitor
- Azure Storage
- Azure Databricks
- Apache Spark
- PySpark
- Data Lake Storage Gen2
- ETL/ELT Pipelines
- Data Warehousing
- Azure Machine Learning
- Databricks ML
- Model Registry
- CI/CD for ML
- Model Monitoring
- Model Deployment Automation
- Python for ML Development
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- JSON
- OAuth 2.0
- OpenID Connect
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Service Bus Messaging
- API Gateway Patterns
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Skydio Dock deployments.
- Experience supporting autonomous inspection programs.
- Experience with enterprise drone fleet management solutions.
- Experience working with drone image, video, and telemetry analytics.
- FAA Part 107 Certification or equivalent drone operations experience.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate.
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert.
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate/Professional.
- Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- 8+ years of software development experience.
- 5+ years of Full Stack Development experience.
- 3+ years of Azure Cloud development experience.
- 3+ years of Databricks and Data Engineering experience.
- Experience building enterprise integrations using REST APIs.
- Experience building enterprise-grade REST APIs and microservices.
- Experience integrating computer vision models into software applications.
- Experience implementing security mechanisms such as RBAC, authentication, and API security.
- Experience building performant and responsive web interfaces.
- Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience integrating with Skydio or other drone platforms.
- Strong understanding of:
- Mission Management
- Autonomous Flight Operations
- Fleet Management
- Flight Telemetry
- Inspection Workflows
- Drone Data Lifecycle Management
- Experience consuming and managing drone platform APIs.
- Ability to build custom mission orchestration and drone management solutions.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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