Skylight

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack

United States · Staff+ · Contract

No sponsorship$90k-$125kDetected 8 days ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentCloud PlatformsDockerTerraformCI/CDData EngineeringCybersecurityAccessibilityBusiness DevelopmentTest AutomationMentoring

About the role

We're at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world.
If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we'd love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists.
You'll join a contract supporting a federal agency in the health and civilian space.

Build accessible, Section 508-compliant interfaces and the APIs and services behind them, keeping secure data exchanges reliable and performant
Achieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering practices such as API-first design, simple design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing
Build secure, compliant software that meets federal security standards and defends against common vulnerabilities
Analyze systems to identify technical debt, instability, and other opportunities for improvement, then design, document, and communicate solutions
Familiar with how to build secure, compliant software and defend against common vulnerabilities

Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code across both frontend and backend
Experience mentoring engineers and setting technical direction across a team or product (staff and principal levels)
Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
Ability to travel for work from time to time
Experience working with databases and/or cloud infrastructure
Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Terraform)
Don't meet every qualification but think you can do the job?

Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible.
To that end, we use the results of our interview process to determine what salary is most appropriate given your current level of seniority.
For a Software Engineer at Skylight, the current salary ranges are as follows:
Associate Software Engineer: $90,000-$125,000
Software Engineer I: $120,000-$140,000
Software Engineer II: $135,000-$160,000
Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
Dollar-for-dollar charity donation matching, up to $500 per year

Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
Flexible paid time-off-policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options

Engineer a software product end-to-end - frontend and backend - as part of a cross-functional team that includes researchers, designers, product managers, and other engineers
What we're looking for

You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.

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