Temporary Senior Staff Software Engineer

About the job

At Skylight, software engineers design, implement, and maintain software systems to improve government services for users. This software is built to meet the needs of regular users of government services as well as Skylight'™s partners in government.

In this role, you'™ll be part of a national effort to ensure all patients are accurately represented in public health surveillance and response. You'™ll collaborate with leading public health experts and technologists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve disease tracking from diagnostic tests performed in non-traditional or under-resourced settings. You'™ll help streamline data reporting for facilities and ensure that patients and communities are effectively connected with their local public health authorities.

What you'™ll do

• 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

What we're looking for Minimum qualifications

• 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
• 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

Nice-to-have qualifications 

• Experience with public health data, including a working knowledge of FHIR standards and a solid understanding of SNOMED and LOINC standards
• Experience working with databases and/or cloud infrastructure 
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Docker, Terraform)
• Experience with multiple programming languages and/or full-stack development
• Active federal public trust (tier 2)
• Public health or CDC experience
• Prior experience working in the civic tech space
• Experience working in a remote-team environment
• 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.
• 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.