Senior Software Engineer

Skillable is a 100% remote and virtual tech company that’s modernizing the world of training. Come share your professional magic with highly talented, driven and fun colleagues who believe in the power of “skilling.” Experience what a team focused on doing the right thing feels like! 

Our talented people are what makes us friendly and have fun! We work together to create amazing solutions and experiences for our customers and their clients. We utilize our employees’ personal strengths to help grow our company and ensure our team is living their best, authentic life. We share our appreciation for our team members regularly during all-hands, a workplace appreciation tool, regular shoutouts in our Teams channels, social media, amongst more. Our remote-first work environment blends work and life without the added pressure of commuting or feeling guilty about leaving early to visit the dentist. 

Come work with us and learn what teamwork and integrity blended with an emphasis on well-being and balance can do for your career and lifestyle!

The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining both server-side logic and infrastructure as well as client-side logic and interfaces that are key to our custom labs and related applications. They will develop and optimize APIs, databases, UIs, design systems, and libraries written in either C# or JavaScript/TypeScript. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the product and technology roadmap is being consistently delivered.  

What You Will Do:

• Design, develop and test world-class software applications and features using C#, React/NextJs and JavaScript/TypeScript 
• Design, implement, and maintain unit, integration, and automated tests to ensure code quality, system reliability, and continuous delivery 
• Consistently deliver new functionality during two-week sprints 
• Anticipates needs and initiates solutions before issues become problems 
• Create and maintain documentation of features, design decisions, configurations, and other key technical areas of the application 
• Actively collaborate with other developers, QA engineers, designers, and product experts in a cross-functional scrum team 
• Assist with scope and estimation for proposed features leading to accurate cost and timeline estimates 
• Propose, prototype, and champion technologies and processes that continuously help Skillable advance integration solutions 
• Mentor other members of the software team to foster skill development and knowledge sharing 
• Establish quality development patterns and practices, ensuring the team adheres to these standards 
• Propose alternate designs that improve time-to-market or reduce cost or complexity 
• Explore and recommend new technologies, patterns, and methods to accomplish items on the technical and product roadmaps 
• Recommend standards and best practices for non-functional requirements such as system performance, usability, reliability, adaptability, security, legal and other operational aspects 
• Participate in team on-call rotation during evenings, weekends, or holidays for emergency support or special events 
• Consistently review work to ensure quality, avoiding errors and maintaining high standards  
• Support and promote the company values through positive interactions with both internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis
• Other strategic business initiatives or special cross-functional project involvement as required 

What You Bring to the Role:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (computer software, computer science, software development, etc.) or equivalent work experience 
• 7+ years of professional experience as a software developer in an agile product team 
• Demonstrated experience in C#, React and JavaScript/TypeScript 
• Demonstrated experience in MSSQL and Entity Framework 
• Proficiency in collaborating with UX designers to translate designs into working software 
• Proficiency in creating and consuming RESTful APIs 
• Proficiency in Unit Testing 
• Experience working with cloud native applications 
• Proactively addresses challenges, seeking opportunities for continuous improvement 
• Self-motivation and the ability to contribute effectively with minimal supervision, within a collaborative team environment 
• Ability to adapt to dynamic project needs while maintaining quality and focus 
• Ability to participate in team on-call rotation during evenings, weekends, or holidays for emergency support or special events 
• Experience with the following is appreciated but not strictly required: Authentication (e.g., OIDC, OAuth, SAML),  NextJS, ExpressJS, and Building pipelines and DevOps practices 

Salary Range 

The base salary for this position is $130,000 - $150,000 annually. Consistent with applicable laws, compensation will be determined based on the candidate's level, relevant skills, qualifications, and experience along with requirements for the position and annual financial plans. 

Skillable is a distributed first team with employees working across the U.S., and we do not consider geography when determining compensation ranges. 

Pay range and current benefit offerings are effective for 90 days from posting date.  Standard employment offerings are subject to potential change upon periodic review and analysis, at the discretion of Skillable.

What We Offer 

We believe in providing a suite of benefits that ensure our employees know we appreciate them as people first.  Skillable wants to be a company that promotes physical, emotional and all around well-being through our benefit offerings! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including: 

• Fully remote with a monthly stipend to pay for office services and supplies 

• Medical (2 plan options), dental (2 plan options), vision, health savings account with generous employer contributions, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, EAP, group paid life insurance, group paid STD and LTD and voluntary life/AD&D insurance, accident and critical illness options. 

• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, healthy lifestyle reimbursements. 

• Unlimited PTO, Paid holidays, bereavement leave, parental leave, caregiver leave and paid FMLA leave. 

• Privilege of logging off at 2:00 pm local time, every Friday for team members who are caught up on work and meeting deliverables.  Full company closure during the 4th of July holiday week. 

• Reimbursement for up to $750 annually to use towards lifestyle choices that impact their wellness such as gym memberships, fitness classes or healthy meal plans, 

• Stipend of $200 a month for office expenses. 

• Access to pet insurance; access for employees and dependents to Skillable learning opportunities through our product and more! 

Working Conditions:  

The job conditions for this position are in a remote home office setting, requiring a space that supports privacy and focus to attend to regular and frequent video and voice calls. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Periodic travel may be required equaling up to approximately 10% of the time.

Skillable participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work int he U.S.  If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.  

Fraud Prevention: 

To protect candidates from recruiting scams, please note that our Talent Acquisition Manager will only contact applicants using the personal contact information provided when applying through our official careers page. If you did not apply but are being pursued about a position, our initial outreach will only occur through LinkedIn - not via Indeed. If you receive an unexpected message directing you to apply through another website or from anyone other than our Talent Acquisition Manager, please treat it with caution.

Skillable can only hire potential candidates with a primary residence in the following States: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, WA, WI.