Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (CDC)
Quick answer
Skylight is hiring a remote Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (CDC) with a salary range of $150,000–$185,000 to modernize an integrated disease surveillance system for state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments.
- Role
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (CDC)
- Organization
- Skylight
- Location
- Fully remote
- Work setup
- Remote
- Level
- Senior
- Compensation
- 150,000–185,000
- Category
- Engineering & Technology
- Apply by
- 2026-12-31
The role
At Skylight, software engineers design, implement, and maintain software systems to improve government services for users. This role involves working with state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health departments to modernize an integrated disease surveillance system, focusing on onboarding, migration, and troubleshooting.
What you'll do
- Partner with state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health departments through onboarding, migration, and troubleshooting
- Diagnose whether a blocker is a real product gap, a configuration issue, or something that needs a one-off integration, then build that piece yourself
- Write the targeted scripts, configurations, and integrations that get a jurisdiction onto the platform without forking the core product
- Work closely with the platform, data, and epidemiology teams to stay clear on what’s core-supported versus what’s jurisdiction-specific glue
- Surface patterns across jurisdictions back to the product team, so a recurring one-off becomes a real feature instead of getting rebuilt every time
- Build secure, compliant software that meets federal security standards and defends against common vulnerabilities
What it takes
- Comfortable working directly with customers
- Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Docker)
- Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
- Proficient in SQL
- Health IT or public health data experience
- Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
What you'll bring
How we treat you
Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance, dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account, dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, flexible paid-time-off policy, paid-time-off for new birth, adoption, or foster parents, performance rewards, annual $2,000 allowance for professional development, annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases, annual swag budget, flexible, remote-friendly work environment
Frequently asked questions
Where is the job located?
Fully remote
What is the compensation?
150,000–185,000
What are the key qualifications required?
Comfortable working directly with customers, experience with infrastructure as code, familiarity with CI/CD best practices, proficient in SQL, health IT or public health data experience, can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
How do I apply?
Apply now on the Skylight website.
How to apply
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