Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer (CMS)

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SkylightGovernment Services
U.S.Full-TimePrincipal
Salary180000 - 230000 USD per year
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Job Details

Required Skills
DockerFull Stack DevelopmentData engineeringCI/CDTerraform

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
  • Understand the importance of always putting users at the center of your work
  • Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
  • A mindset and work approach that aligns with Skylight's core values
  • Ability to travel as project needs arise
  • Experience working with databases and/or cloud infrastructure (nice-to-have)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD best practices (nice-to-have)
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Terraform) (nice-to-have)
  • Experience with multiple programming languages and/or full-stack development (nice-to-have)
  • Prior experience working in the civic tech space (nice-to-have)
  • Experience working in a remote-team environment (nice-to-have)

Responsibilities

  • Engineer a software product as part of a cross-functional team
  • Advocate for and adhere 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
  • Design, document, and communicate solutions
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