Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer (NARA)

Skylight is a digital consultancy focused on helping government agencies enhance public services through design and technology. The role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining software systems to support the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in modernizing government record management.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• Applied experience with modern Angular
• Experience with frontend and backend engineering
• Current job title is Software Engineer at Senior level or higher
• 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
• Understand the different pieces of software systems and how to fit them together, while keeping performance, reliability, and availability in mind
• Ability to take on data engineering responsibilities as needed
• Flexibility and availability to check in on pipelines during evenings and weekends — if we can't run system exports during normal business hours without impacting users
• 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
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
• Ability to travel for work from time to time
• Ability to obtain and hold a federal public trust (Tier 2)
• 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
• U.S. citizenship required to be eligible for employment
• You must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship
• 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
• Prior experience with AWS and Docker
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres
• Experience with search engines such as Elasticsearch
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Experience with multiple programming languages and/or full-stack development
• Experience working in a remote-team environment
• Experience with Spring Boot
• Prior experience working at a consulting firm or at a civic agency
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in technology or engineering
• Prior experience working in the archives and records management industry