Software Engineer (UI)

Jobtailor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

New laptop

Paid lunch and Dinner after 7PM

401(K) Plan

Unlimited PTO

Hybrid in New York City

Job summary

SkyLink in New York is seeking a full‑stack engineer with deep frontend expertise to lead the development of our web experience and extend our AI travel agent across Slack, Microsoft Teams, and the browser. You will build intuitive traveler interfaces, operational tools for travel administrators, and reusable frontend components, while partnering with product and design to simplify complex workflows.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience, strong React and TypeScript

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant frontend experience in React and TypeScript.
• 2+ years of frontend experience building polished, responsive user interfaces.
• Comfort across the stack: UI components, application state, APIs, and relational data models.
• Ability to translate backend workflows into simple, intuitive user experiences.
• Strong product and design thinking with ownership and a bias for shipping.

Responsibilities

• Build SkyLink’s web-based traveler experience, including search, booking, and trip management.
• Create seamless handoffs between Slack, Teams, and rich web interfaces.
• Develop dashboards and tools for corporate travel administrators and TMCs.
• Design reusable frontend components for complex travel content and workflows.
• Collaborate with product and design to reduce complexity and improve scalability.
• Understand APIs and data models to reflect complex travel workflows in the frontend.
• Improve frontend performance, accessibility, testing, and reliability.
• Help define architecture and engineering standards for SkyLink’s web platform.
• Engage with customers and internal teams to learn how travelers interact with the product.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Frontend architecture

UI/UX design

Problem solving

Tools

Python

Django

Celery

Redis

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Job description

About SkyLink

SkyLink builds AI products for the travel industry. Our flagship product is an AI corporate travel agent that lives directly in Slack and Microsoft Teams, helping enterprises book and manage travel faster and more intelligently while integrating with their existing policies, systems, and travel management companies.

Now part of the Amadeus family, SkyLink is building the next generation of AI-powered travel products for companies and travelers worldwide. We are backed by Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, Human Capital, and Fortune 50 executives, with advisors including former CEOs of leading global travel companies.

About the Role

We’re looking for a full-stack engineer with deep frontend expertise to help build the best-in‑class AI travel management platform.

You will lead the development of SkyLink’s web experience, creating a seamless extension of our AI agent across Slack, Microsoft Teams, and the browser. Travelers will be able to begin a trip in chat and move naturally into rich web/mobile interfaces when needed—or start directly on the web.

You will build intuitive traveler experiences, operational tools for travel management companies, and administrative dashboards for corporate customers. The ideal candidate has 2+ years of experience building polished, user‑friendly frontends while also understanding the APIs, data models, and workflows that power them.

A Great Fit

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building complex frontend applications in React and TypeScript

• Has built polished, responsive, and performant user experiences for nuanced workflows

• Is comfortable working across the stack, from UI components and application state to APIs and relational data models

• Can understand complex orchestration and translate backend workflows into simple, intuitive user experiences

• Thinks critically about product and design rather than simply implementing mocks

• Proactively identifies ways to simplify workflows, reduce engineering effort, and improve maintainability

• Is scrappy, knows how to ship, and values progress over perfection

• Has strong software design, security, testing, and relational database fundamentals

• Wants to set, maintain, and adhere to high engineering standards across testing, documentation, code review, and architecture

• Enjoys using the latest AI coding tools and development harnesses to build production systems

• Wants ownership and autonomy in a role that will accelerate their professional and personal growth

You Will

• Build SkyLink’s web‑based traveler experience, including flight and hotel search, comparison, booking, trip management, rebooking, and cancellation

• Create seamless handoffs between SkyLink’s Slack and Microsoft Teams experiences and richer web interfaces

• Build dashboards and operational tools for corporate travel administrators and travel management companies

• Develop reusable frontend components for complex travel content, including itineraries, fares, policies, approvals, traveler profiles, and booking workflows

• Work closely with product and design to challenge unnecessary complexity and propose simpler, more scalable solutions

• Understand SkyLink’s orchestration, APIs, and data models to design frontend systems that accurately represent complex travel workflows

• Design and implement APIs and database models needed to support new user experiences

• Improve frontend performance, reliability, accessibility, observability, and testing

• Help define the architecture and engineering standards for SkyLink’s growing web platform

• Work directly with customers and internal teams to understand how travelers and administrators interact with the product

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript

• Backend: Python, Django, Celery, Redis, PostgreSQL

• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker

About the interview

Introduction zoom chat with a cofounder

This is an informal call for us to meet each other and get to know one another. The
conversation will cover some light technical discussion about your past projects and
your ability to code and build fairly involved systems. We would like to hear details
about those projects and both your product and technical decisions (good or bad)
which show ownership and autonomy. We also want to understand what you are
looking for in your next role and why you are interested in early‑stage companies. You will get to ask us about the role and learn about what working at SkyLink will feel like.

Two technical interviews

These technical interviews will give you an ability to show off your system design and
backend programming skills. We will evaluate your ability to critically think, create
complex backends, and scale real world systems.

SkyLink Hybrid Work Policy

At SkyLink, we value in‑person collaboration and have invested in a comfortable office space with amenities such as meal expensing to facilitate teamwork. While we recognize the benefits of working from home, we also prioritize face‑to‑face interactions.

Office Attendance

• Employees are generally expected to be present in the office 4 days per week.

• This guideline is flexible and can be adjusted based on individual circumstances.

Benefits

• Healthcare

• New laptop of your choice.

• Paid lunch and Dinner after 7PM when at the office

• 401(K) Plan

• Unlimited PTO

• Hybrid in New York City

SkyLink provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.