SkillBridge Intern - Service Design

About Skylight

Skylight is a digital consultancy using design and technology to help government agencies deliver better public services. We’re at the forefront of a civic movement to reinvent how all levels of government serve families, patients, and many others in today's digital world. If you want to play a part in driving this critical movement forward, we’d love for you to join our growing team of public interest technologists. The work we do matters.

About the job

The Department of Defense (DoD) SkillBridge internship is an exciting opportunity for transitioning service members to develop their technology skills and gain industry experience working for a public interest technology company. As a full-time intern with Skylight, you’ll serve as a practitioner on one of our internal or client projects, where you’ll get a chance to build your skills in one of the following internship tracks:

• Research & design, as either a user researcher, product designer, service designer, or content designer
• Engineering, as either a software engineer, DevOps engineer, or security engineer
• Data, as either a data engineer or data scientist
• Product & delivery, as either a product manager or engagement manager
• Procurement & transformation, as a digital transformer

What you’ll do

While your day-to-day responsibilities will vary by depending on your internship track and role, you can expect to:

• Work in a highly collaborative team environment 
• Shadow and pair with experienced professionals within your assigned track
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as standups, planning meetings, and retrospectives
• Apply problem-solving and communication skills to project initiatives
• Bring subject matter expertise to your team and the overall company

What we're looking for

• Foundational skills and knowledge within one of Skylight’s internship track roles
• Hands-on experience supporting technology projects
• Strong empathy, organization, and communication skills 
• Passionate about creating better public outcomes through great government services
• A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values

Don’t meet 100% of the criteria but think you can do the job? We’d love to chat anyway! We’re on a mission to build diverse teams, and studies have shown that women and marginalized folks are less likely to apply to jobs if they don’t check every box.

Other requirements

• Currently active duty.
• Able to complete the internship within the last 180 days of service.
• All work must be conducted within the U.S., excluding U.S. territories.

Position type

This is a full-time position spanning 120–180 days, as required by the DoD SkillBridge program. 

Location

This is a fully remote position.

Benefits

We focus on supporting you in a variety of ways:

• Learning and growth opportunities
• Career advancement opportunities
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• An environment that empowers you to unleash your superpowers for public good

Interview tips

We want you to have a great interview experience with us! Here are some tips to help you prepare for a successful interview:

• Visit our join page to learn more about how our interview process works.
• Check out our Career Pathways framework to learn more about the different roles within Skylight and the skills needed to do them.
• Come prepared to share examples of your experience and work that align to one of the internship track roles.
• If you’d like to request reasonable accommodations during the application or interviewing process, please contact our recruiting team at recruiting@skylight.digital.

We participate in E-Verify and upon hire, will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you’re authorized to work in the U.S.

We're an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.