Staff Software Engineer (FDA)

Skylight; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Skylight is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to improve government services through innovative software systems. Join a team of public interest technologists where your technical skills will drive a civic movement that matters. This is a fully remote, full-time position offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible paid time off policy

401(k) match

Performance rewards

Up to $1,000 access for emergencies

Annual professional development allowance

Qualifications

• Ability to write clean working code in various programming languages.
• Understanding of testing required to deliver reliable software.
• Experience with REST APIs and complex UI implementation.

Responsibilities

• Engineer a software product as part of a cross-functional team.
• Advocate for lean-agile engineering principles.
• Analyze systems to identify and communicate improvements.

Skills

Clean Code

Data Modeling

Security Vulnerabilities

Automated Testing

API Design

User Experience Collaboration

Job description

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Base pay range

$170,000.00/yr - $203,000.00/yr

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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
• Achieve 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

• Can write clean working code in various programming languages that others can easily reuse
• Ability to work in a shared codebase and follow leading programming practices
• Possess an understanding of the different types of testing required to reliably deliver software to production
• Can build and understand data models, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and optimize database queries
• Understand how to build secure applications and defend against common security vulnerabilities
• Ability to contribute to writing user stories and associated acceptance criteria from a technical perspective
• Demonstrated ability to work closely with UX designers and Product owners to deliver the best UX for our customers
• Experience implementing complex UI with CSS, animation, orchestration and responsiveness.
• Experience working with application state management libraries like Apollo Client, Redux.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality code using automated tests for unit tests and end-to-end tests (using Jest, Playwright).
• Experience writing and working with REST APIs.

Nice-to-have qualifications

• Experience working with databases and/or cloud infrastructure
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Experience implementing applications that are 508 compliant
• Familiarity with AWS and Azure environments
• 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.
• 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.

Position type

This is a full-time, exempt position.

Location

This is a fully remote position.

We want to give you the most competitive salary possible. After all, you deserve it! 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
• Senior Software Engineer: $150,000–$185,000
• Staff Software Engineer: $170,000–$203,000
• Principal Software Engineer: $180,000–$230,000

Your well-being is important to us, so we focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D 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
• Up to 12 weeks paid time off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
• Performance rewards, including annual salary increase, annual performance bonus, spot bonuses, and stock options
• 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
• Access up to $1,000 before payday to cover emergency expenses
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for 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].

We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you’re authorized to work in the U.S.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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