[Remote] Senior or Staff Backend Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skylight is a technology startup focused on creating products that improve family life, and they are seeking a seasoned backend engineer to build reliable, scalable systems. The role involves designing and maintaining robust APIs, optimizing backend infrastructure, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional outcomes.

Responsibilities

• You're excited to be part of a self-motivated and capable team that prides itself on having a massive impact per employee
• You have a track record of architecting, implementing, testing, and maintaining reliable backend services
• You're a first-rate communicator in both code and human language, contributing to deep technical discussions across team and tech stack boundaries
• You work closely with non-technical stakeholders to design and build features that make customers' eyes light up and keep our bootstrapped business humming
• You're great at figuring out how systems can work better and love having the autonomy to leave things better than you found them

Skills

• You're excited to be part of a self-motivated and capable team that prides itself on having a massive impact per employee
• You have a track record of architecting, implementing, testing, and maintaining reliable backend services
• You're a first-rate communicator in both code and human language, contributing to deep technical discussions across team and tech stack boundaries
• You work closely with non-technical stakeholders to design and build features that make customers' eyes light up and keep our bootstrapped business humming
• You're great at figuring out how systems can work better and love having the autonomy to leave things better than you found them
• An inexplicable love of goats, our unofficial backend team mascot

Benefits

• 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)

Company Overview

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