Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (ACF)

Skylight; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A digital consultancy focused on public services is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to enhance government services. The role involves working within a cross-functional team, adhering to lean-agile principles, and producing high-quality, secure code. Suitable candidates should be user-centered and able to travel occasionally. This is a fully remote position with competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) match up to 10%

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development allowance

Flexible, remote-friendly work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code.
• Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing.
• Familiar with how to build secure, compliant software.
• Understand the different pieces of software systems and how to fit them together.

Responsibilities

• Engineer software products as part of a cross-functional team.
• Achieve technical excellence through lean-agile engineering.
• Analyze systems for improvements and communicate solutions.

Skills

Clean code

High-quality coding practices

Secure software development

Understanding of data engineering

User-centered design

Professional services communication

Passionate about public outcomes

Willingness to travel

Tools

Databases

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Overview

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (ACF) – United States

About Skylight

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. 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. The work we do matters.

About the job

At Skylight, software engineers design, implement, and maintain software systems to improve government services for users. This software is built to meet the needs of regular users of government services as well as Skylight’s partners in government.

What you’ll do

• Engineer a software product as part of a cross-functional team, which includes user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists
• A​chieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering principles and practices such as API-first design, simple design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing
• Select and use the right tools, frameworks, languages, and technologies for the job, with a preference for open-source solutions
• Analyze systems to identify technical debt, instability, unreliability, and other opportunities for improvement, as well as design, document, and communicate solutions

What we're looking for

• Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code
• Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
• Familiar with how to build secure, compliant software and defend against common vulnerabilities
• Possess a foundational understanding of data engineering, including how to use various datastores to handle persistent data in software systems
• Understand the different pieces of software systems and how to fit them together, while keeping performance, reliability, and availability in mind
• Understand the importance of always putting users at the center of your work, including thinking through the impact and implications of any code that you write
• Ability to work successfully within a professional services environment (e.g., can communicate effectively with clients)
• Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
• Ability to travel for work from time to time

Nice-to-have qualifications

• Experience working with databases and/or cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Terraform)
• Experience with multiple programming languages and/or full-stack development
• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment

Don’t meet 100% of the criteria but think you can do the job? We’d love to chat anyway! We’re on a mission to build diverse teams, and studies have shown that women and marginalized folks are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t check every box.

Other requirements

• All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories. Some federal contracts require U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment.
• You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship.
• As a government contractor, you may be required to obtain a public trust or security clearance.
• You may be required to complete a company background check successfully.
• Some of our available roles are on federal contracts that require a degree or additional years of experience as a substitute.

Position type

This is a full-time, exempt position.

Location

This is a fully remote position.

Salary

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible. After all, you deserve it! Salary ranges by level (subject to interview results and location):

• Associate Software Engineer: $90,000–$125,000
• Software Engineer I: $120,000–$140,000
• Software Engineer II: $135,000–$160,000
• Senior Software Engineer: $150,000–$185,000
• Staff Software Engineer: $170,000–$203,000
• Principal Software Engineer: $180,000–$230,000

Benefits and well-being

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings account
• Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% with no vesting period
• Flexible paid time off policy (around 25 days per year) plus 11 paid federal holidays
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Performance rewards, including salary increases, bonuses, and stock options
• Annual allowance for professional development and tech-related purchases
• Annual Skylight swag budget
• Charitable donation matching
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• Mission-driven culture focused on public good

Interview tips

We want you to have a great interview experience with us! Here are some tips to help you prepare for a successful interview:

• 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.
• If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at [e-mail].

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