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Location: New York, NY
Job Type: Full-time

👋 WHO WE ARE

Skillit is the first AI labor platform purpose-built for construction. Every day we help unlock the workforce that builds America by solving the industry’s #1 challenge for 94% of contractors: access to skilled labor.

Skillit’s network of vetted craft workers and AI-powered tools transforms how teams source, screen, and schedule talent, driving radically greater efficiency while keeping human judgment at the heart of every hire.

Trusted by America’s top data center, infrastructure, and energy contractors and hundreds of thousands of the nation’s most skilled workers, Skillit is on a mission to become the AI hiring infrastructure and the brain for labor globally for the world's best and biggest builders. 

🚀 ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for a full-stack engineer who loves building clean, intuitive products end-to-end. You’ll own everything from backend logic to front-end experience, bringing ideas to life with both solid engineering instincts and a strong sense of UX design. You’re excited to join our mission to build the construction industry’s default AI hiring platform and the largest network of vetted craft workers in the world.

You have a solid understanding of the full application stack, but you shine when crafting intuitive, performant user experiences. You’re fluent in modern development practices and actively explore how AI can accelerate your workflow — whether that’s through prototyping, automation, or decision-making support. You keep up with the latest ecosystem and AI trends, have opinions, and bring them to the table.

We value fast iteration, efficient design, and code simplicity. You’ll have ownership over complete features, work closely with a pod of engineers and ship fast with confidence through tests and good design.

🏋️‍♀️ WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Collaborate with the development team to build clean, scalable, and well-tested code across the stack, with an emphasis on high-quality, enterprise-grade front-end experiences

• Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews to drive product and technical excellence

• Take initiative and own projects from ideation to deployment, identifying edge cases, risks, and opportunities

• Incorporate AI tools and workflows to increase speed, quality, and efficiency in development and experimentation

• Continually improve and modernize our existing codebase

🧬 WHO YOU ARE

• Technical:

  • 5+ years of experience building modern web applications (or a great story about why you don’t)

  • Expertise in front-end development using modern frameworks, semantic HTML/CSS, and JavaScript

  • Deep experience with Ruby on Rails and working up & down the stack — from data modeling and backend logic to front-end interactions built with care using Stimulus, Turbo, and clean, maintainable markup

  • Strong grasp of SQL and ActiveRecord, and you know how to keep queries efficient and maintainable

  • AI-fluent - you’ve experimented with tools like Cursor, ClaudeCode, or other AI frameworks, and integrate them meaningfully into your workflow

  • Experience in proptech or marketplace products is a strong plus

  • Experience with AWS architecture, CI/CD workflows, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch is preferred. 

  Personal:

  • Self-starter: You take initiative, identify what needs to be done, and make it happen without waiting for direction

  • Collaborative: You enjoy working cross-functionally with engineers, designers, and non-technical teammates to find the best path forward

  • Entrepreneurial: You thrive in a small, high-ownership environment where what you build has direct business impact

  • Experienced: You understand that early-stage startups are messy, challenging, and deeply rewarding - and you’re ready to dive in headfirst

💛 INVESTING IN YOU

• Generous equity grants

• Health, vision & dental insurance

• Unlimited paid vacation (& Birthdays off!)

• Personal and professional skills development allowance

• Personalized parental leave with full pay, vesting & benefits

💰 INVESTING IN ALL OF US

Our investors include the world’s leading real estate and construction technology funds including Bow Capital, Building Ventures and MetaProp Ventures.

At Skillit, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds. Creating an inclusive workplace is a priority for us, and we stand firmly against discrimination based on race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class.As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.