Senior or Staff Frontend Engineer

Skylight is a technology startup based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs, who have scaled this business to $180M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped and profitable. We think often about the thousands of smiles we are able to put on our customers’ faces each day, and it fills our hearts with purpose. That’s why we have been working hard to expand our team and invent, so that we can continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions of loved ones throughout the world.

Our ideal candidate is a versatile frontend engineer with deep experience in Typescript and React/React Native, with a strong understanding of how polished mobile and web experiences are designed, built, and shipped.  You’re fluent in the full product-development lifecycle, from partnering with Design and Product in early exploration, to coordinating with engineers across the stack during implementation, to managing smooth releases across both the Google Play and iOS App Stores. We’re looking for someone who cares deeply about crafting intuitive, delightful user experiences and who takes pride in building interfaces that feel effortless to real families using our products every day.

The types of projects you take on, how you’re placed within our org, your title and compensation, etc., will be determined by your experience, expertise, areas of passion, and how those align with Skylight’s needs. We love matching the right people with the right work. Our bottom-line requirements are simple: a strong foundation (React/React Native, TypeScript, state management, automated testing, etc.), a desire to own meaningful user-facing experiences, and a commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop and implement new features
• Write high-quality, reusable, and maintainable code in React and React Native
• Contribute to and maintain a comprehensive test suite to ensure the quality and stability of the application
• Optimize application performance and improve the user experience
• Implement best practices in our build and deployment processes
• Ensuring that our architecture enables scaling both our team and user-base
• Establishing processes for monitoring performance, device logs, and exceptions
• Mentor and guide other Front End engineers on the team
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve code quality

• Extensive experience (5+ years) developing React Native & Typescript
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture and design patterns
• Expertise in the release management cycle
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with others
• Passion for learning and staying up-to-date with new technologies and trends

Benefits

Our competitive compensation package includes:

• Competitive Salary + Equity Package
• 401K matching
• Wellness, learning, and home-office budgets
• Health, Dental & Vision Medical Plans
• Tremendous autonomy to set the direction of your work
• Unlimited PTO
• Company holidays on the first Friday of every month (Except November & December)
  
  

About Skylight

Skylight is a technology startup based out of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Our mission is to make technology that brings families together. We make consumer products, like Skylight Frame and Skylight Calendar, that are loved by millions of people across the globe. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs, who have scaled this business to $180M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped. We think often about the thousands of smiles we are able to put on our customers' faces each day, and it fills our hearts with purpose. That's why we have been working hard to expand our team and invent, so that we can continue to bring the magic of Skylight to millions of loved ones throughout the world.

At Skylight, we have three core principles that guide our work and help us manage the business day to day: autonomy, rigor, and care. These principles show up early and often and help guide the work we do and the way we work.

Equal opportunity employer

Skylight is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you’re the best person for the job, we want you on board!

We hire across the U.S., but for legal reasons, we have to list NY and CO separately.

For Colorado-based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $ 150K-210K based on experience and for California-based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $ 150K-210K based on experience. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider employment for qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of this law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.