Sr / Staff Frontend Engineer - New Business

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.

In this role, you'll be joining a "startup within a startup," owning the mobile side of things for a new business at Skylight. You'll be confident building whole features on your own, while working closely with the core team to follow best practices and review one another's code. You have a keen interest in not just what you're building, but why you're building it, working closely with Product to trim scope whenever possible to best serve the user. You value good UX and are interested in delivering the simplest solutions to solve pains and delight users.

Our ideal candidate is well-versed in all things React and React Native, from best practices in release management to the ins and outs of the Android and iOS App Stores. We're looking for someone who can contribute to the entire frontend development process, beginning with collaborating with Design and Product through planning and working with other engineers / teams, execution, and release.

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

Requirements

Benefits

Benefits

Our competitive compensation package includes :

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 $ 180K-220K based on experience and for California-based candidates, the range being offered for this role is $ 180K-220K 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.