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How Skylight hires

Truth index
B 83/100
Median time to fill
25 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
67%
Reposted roles
0%

Skylight scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 67% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 25 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Skylight is a digital consultancy that uses design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. Its teams of public interest technologists work on projects such as products for the United States Air Force, and the firm hires engineers, designers and product managers. The company is based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Skylight over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
32
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
Python23%
Java23%
SQL15%
JavaScript15%
Frameworks & libraries
Angular8%
Selenium8%
Databases
OpenSearch8%
Cloud & platforms
GitLab CI31%
Databricks15%
Power BI15%
Checkmarx15%
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Full Skylight tech stack 32 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$125k
Typical range
$125k – $240k
Open positions
14
14 Jobs
Senior 7.1%
Staff 64.3%
Principal 14.3%
Architect 14.3%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 1 $130k $130k
Staff 9 $125k $125k
Principal 2 $125k $125k
Architect 2 $240k $240k
Highest paying role Vice President of Growth $240k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Skylight By role, level and city, against the market · 14 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
14
2 opened / 3 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
23 days
faster than 52% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Product
35% ▼
Data Science
10% ▲
Backend
10% ▼
DevOps
10% ▼
Security
10% ▲
Design
10% ▲
Actively hiring for Product (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Figma to stack Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack Sep 2026
Added Immutable Infrastructure to stack Sep 2026
Added FedRAMP to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Washington United States
HQ
Washington, D.C.
200-500 est. staff
careers board

Jobs

$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · United States
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Analytics
Power BI
ETL/ELT
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · United States
Splunk
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
ThreatConnect
Management
Jira
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · United States
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
GitLab CI
CI/CD
QA
Selenium
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
Checkmarx
SBOM
Management
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
JavaScript
TypeScript
Angular
DevOps
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Management
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
GitLab CI
Cybersecurity
Checkmarx
SBOM
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · United States
Databricks
AI/ML
AI Agents
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Management
Power Apps
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · United States
Databricks
AI/ML
Human-in-the-Loop
NIST AI RMF
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
Management
Power Automate
Power Apps
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
Jira
Agile
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$90k – $125k per year · Equity · Remote (United States) · Nationals only · Full-Time · United States
Figma
Management
Agile
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