Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (NARA)

Skylight

7h • $150,000 - $230,000 • Remote

About The Position

Skylight is partnering with the National Archives (NARA) to improve how electronic records across the government are migrated, preserved, and accessed. On this team, you’ll build end-to-end on a cloud-native stack — including AWS, Spring Boot, and Angular — to make large volumes of government records reliable, searchable, and accessible to the people who depend on them.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience engineering software products end-to-end — frontend and backend — on a cloud-native stack as part of a cross-functional team of researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers in iterative delivery
• 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
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values

Nice To Haves

• Experience with databases and cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS and OpenSearch
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Terraform)
• Familiarity with Java/Spring Boot and a modern JavaScript framework such as Angular
• Experience delivering technology and modernizing legacy systems in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
• A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams

Responsibilities

• Build and improve systems that migrate, preserve, and make large volumes of government records searchable and accessible
• Engineer software products end-to-end — frontend and backend — on a cloud-native stack as part of a cross-functional team of researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers
• Build accessible, Section 508–compliant interfaces and the APIs and services behind them, keeping secure data exchanges reliable and performant
• Advocate for and adhere to lean-agile engineering practices such as API-first design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing
• Build secure, compliant software that meets federal security standards and defends against common vulnerabilities
• Mentor other engineers and share knowledge to strengthen the team’s engineering practice

Benefits

• 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
• Business development / sales bonuses
• Referral bonuses
• Annual $2000 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
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed