# Senior/Staff/Principal Software Engineer, Legacy Modernization (U.S. Air Force) at Skylight Health

- Company: Skylight Health
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://skylight.health
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $90K to $125K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-23
- Apply by: 2026-12-07
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/skylighthq/jobs/4747398005?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/skylight-health-senior-staff-principal-software-engineer-legacy-modernization-u/

## About the role

At Skylight, software engineers design, implement, and maintain software systems to improve government services for users. This software is built to meet the needs of regular users of government services as well as Skylight’s partners in government. Legacy modernization engineers specialize in migrating, refactoring, or replacing legacy government systems with little to no downtime. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Ability to write clean, working, and reusable code
- Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
- Familiar with how to build secure, compliant software and defend against common vulnerabilities
- Possess a foundational understanding of data engineering, including how to use various datastores to handle persistent data in software systems
- Understand the different pieces of software systems and how to fit them together, while keeping performance, reliability, and availability in mind
- Understand the importance of always putting users at the center of your work, including thinking through the impact and implications of any code that you write

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/skylight-health-senior-staff-principal-software-engineer-legacy-modernization-u/