Job Description
Skylight is a technology startup building the OS of the family. We make Skylight Calendar, the smart calendar loved by millions of families (plus Wired and The Wirecutter ). Our latest product is Buddy , which just launched to rave reviews. Our mission is to connect loved ones by creating the world’s simplest products and services that improve family life. Our founders are former venture capitalists and serial entrepreneurs who have scaled this business to $300M+ in annual revenue while being completely bootstrapped and profitable. We get to grow a happy, healthy company focused on making products our customers love without investors breathing down our necks. Smart, hardworking people who care about making actually meaningful products love working here. People like you. We’re busy inventing new ways to simplify family life and help parents raise great kids – and we need your help! Come invent something new with us. The Role Our ideal candidate is a seasoned backend engineer with experience building AI-powered systems (tool calls, evals, etc.) and a passion for creating products and features that really matter to customers. You know how to work with LLM APIs, optimize backend infrastructure, and work closely with not only engineers from other stacks, but also cross-functional partners, from retail to customer support to data. We're looking for someone who loves finding simple, straightforward technical solutions to complex problems. We're looking for a seasoned Back End Software Engineer (Senior or Staff level) to work directly with our GM of New Businesses to build out new AI-powered features across our platform. You'll work primarily in Ruby on Rails to bring brand new products and features to life by integrating with LLMs from vendors like OpenAI, Google, etc. What You'll Do Design, build, and launch new user-facing features powered by large language models (LLMs) Own major product initiatives from zero-to-one, in partnership with a small but mighty team Collabora
