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Data Engineer Intern at Skydio in San Mateo, CA
InternshipOn-siteFull-timeSan Mateo, CA$98k–$121k/yr
Skills
data engineeringai workflowssqltypescriptreactsalesforcebusiness intuitionbuilder mindsetai curiosityproject managementcommunication
Job Description
Summary: Skydio is the leading US drone company and the world leader in autonomous flight, focusing on empowering a diverse audience of drone users. The role involves building data systems and AI-driven tools to support the go-to-market engine, with responsibilities including designing structured datasets and developing internal applications.
Responsibilities:
- AI data infrastructure: Design and build structured datasets that power LLM workflows and AI agents. Write data transformations, clean messy CRM data, and define reliable schemas across GTM systems
- Data pipelines and automation: Build pipelines to ingest, transform, and validate data from core GTM systems. Improve data integrity and create reusable data models for analytics and AI use cases
- Internal tools and applications: Develop lightweight internal tools using TypeScript and React that allow non-technical teams to interact with structured data, trigger workflows, and access insights
- GTM systems optimization: Support Salesforce and related platforms with data quality improvements, workflow enhancements, and operational reliability initiatives
- Applied AI enablement: Design structured object sets and feature tables that improve LLM performance and reliability. Contribute to building practical AI-driven workflows for GTM teams
Required Qualifications:
- Love for data: You enjoy working with complex datasets and take pride in turning messy, inconsistent data into structured and reliable systems
- AI curiosity: You want to understand the full stack of applied AI, from data modeling and semantic retrieval to LLM reasoning and action orchestration
- Builder mindset: You enjoy building solutions from the ground up and iterating quickly
- Business intuition: You understand, or want to learn, how GTM teams operate and what drives revenue outcomes
- Project management skills: You can create project plans that track high-level progress while also managing detailed task execution
- Excellent communicator: You work effectively with sales teams to understand needs, gather requirements, and deliver solutions that support deal execution
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior Salesforce experience
- Experience working with data warehouses (SQL skills highly preferred)
- Experience building Business Intelligence dashboards
- Experience with prompt engineering and building AI or LLM-powered workflows
Required Skills: Data engineering, AI workflows, SQL
Important Skills: TypeScript, React, Salesforce
Nice-to-Have Skills: Business intuition, Builder mindset, AI curiosity, Project management, Communication
Benefits: Paid vacation time, Sick leave, Holiday pay, 401K savings plan
Benefits
Paid vacation time
Sick leave
Holiday pay
401K savings plan