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200 employees
Remote-First

Skylight is a digital consultancy that uses design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. Founded in 2017 by 18F and U.S. Digital Service alumni and joined early by former Presidential Innovation Fellows, its distributed, remote-first team modernizes the systems behind programs serving veterans, families, and patients.

Skylight's Remote Policy

Skylight's careers page describes the company as "a distributed and remote-friendly team, currently spread out across 34 different states," and promises "maximum flexibility to decide when, where, and how to get your work done." One caveat from the company's about page: "Sometimes the nature of our client work calls for closer proximity to their location."

Benefits & Perks

Health & Wellness

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Health Insurance

Medical insurance covers a significant portion of premiums for employees and their dependents.

Dental Insurance

Dental insurance is offered with a significant portion of premiums covered for employees and dependents.

Vision Insurance

Vision insurance is offered with a significant portion of premiums covered for employees and dependents.

Life Insurance

Skylight provides life insurance and AD&D coverage for employees.

Disability Insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance is included in the benefits package.

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts are available to employees.

Health Savings Account (HSA)

A health savings account is available to employees.

Financial

5

401(k) / Retirement Plan

Skylight offers a 401(k) retirement savings plan for employees.

401(k) Match

The company matches 401(k) contributions dollar for dollar up to 10% of salary, with no vesting period.

Stock Options

Stock options are part of the compensation package.

Performance Bonus

Skylight pays an annual performance bonus as part of its compensation program.

Pay Transparency

Salary ranges are published in job postings and tie to a public career-level framework that determines pay.

Time Off

3

PTO / Vacation

A flexible paid-time-off policy gives employees around 25 days per year.

Paid Holidays

Employees receive 11 paid federal holidays each year.

Flexible Schedule

Employees have broad flexibility to decide when, where, and how they get their work done.

Remote & Equipment

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Home Office Stipend

An annual $750 tech budget covers equipment and tools that help employees do their jobs better.

Family & Care

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Parental Leave

All eligible new parents receive up to 12 weeks of paid time off for birth, adoption, or foster placement.

Professional Growth

2

Learning & Development Budget

Employees receive a $2,000 annual professional development budget for conferences, training, travel, and materials.

Defined Career Pathways

A public career pathways framework covers 16 roles with defined levels used for hiring, performance reviews, and salary determination.

Culture & Perks

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Employee Referral Bonus

Employees earn a referral bonus for successfully referring new hires.

Employee Recognition Awards

Spot bonuses reward employee contributions outside the regular review cycle.

Charity Matching

Charitable donations are matched at 100%, up to $500 per employee each year.

Tech Stack

JavaScript & Libraries

jQuery
Lightbox
Node.js
React
Angular
Svelte

Frameworks

Bootstrap
React Native
Flutter
Swiftui
Kotlin
Spring Boot

Databases

Elasticsearch

Infrastructure

Docker
Kubernetes
Istio
Terraform
Linux
Apache Kafka

Web Servers

NGINX

Hosting

Github Pages

Analytics & Monitoring

Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Power Bi

Integrations

Font Awesome
Google Fonts
Greenhouse
Rippling
Google Workspace
Tensorflow
Pytorch
Amazon Sagemaker
37 technologies detected

Why Skylight

Skylight describes itself as more than a company: "a movement to reinvent how the government serves families, patients, veterans, immigrants, and many others in today's digital world." That mission is concrete. Teams ship digital services for clients like the U.S. Air Force, the Administration for Children and Families, and the state of Connecticut, bringing the product and design practices its founders honed inside federal digital service teams to agencies that need them most.

What stands out is how much of the company's people infrastructure is public. Its Career Pathways framework, adapted from the GOV.UK Digital, Data and Technology capability framework, defines career levels for 16 roles and drives hiring, performance reviews, and salary determination in the open. Its published code of conduct sets a clear standard, "impact matters more than intent," and its Intentional Communications policy includes an "ouch signal" anyone can use to stop a conversation that causes harm. The values page sums up the approach: "We apply design thinking to the employee experience to make worklife simple, flexible, enjoyable, and productive."

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