Senior/Staff Software Engineer (U. S. Air Force)

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. In this role, you’ll partner with a mission-critical organization within the U.S. Air Force Special Operations community to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable software systems that support highly specialized operations.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer mobile software products 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
• Coordinate with government partners to ensure seamless integration with their existing tools and processes

Requirements:

• Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code
• Experience with Full-stack, mobile app dev experience (e.g., iOS/Android, React Native, Swift, Kotlin)
• Mobile application development in a system of systems
• 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
• Experience delivering products in defense or similarly regulated environments
• 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 align with Skylight's core values
• Ability to travel for work from time to time
• Familiarity with software engineering best practices
• Consulting experience, and mentoring/coaching personnel
• Edge computing and experience with AI/ML is helpful
• 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