Software Engineer (UI)

SkyLink•New York, NY

9d•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SkyLink is seeking a full-stack engineer with deep frontend expertise to join their team and help build a best-in-class AI travel management platform. The role involves leading the development of SkyLink’s web experience, creating a seamless extension of their AI agent across Slack, Microsoft Teams, and the browser. The engineer will build intuitive traveler experiences, operational tools for travel management companies, and administrative dashboards for corporate customers. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience building polished, user-friendly frontends and a strong understanding of the underlying APIs, data models, and workflows.

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience
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

Responsibilities

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