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We specialize in scaling expert human work, such as content generation and survey research to support thoughtful, data-driven civic engagement. We're a venture-backed, mission-driven, fast-moving, and mostly technical team focused on supporting campaigns and organizations working to strengthen democratic participation. We are experimental by design and expect every team member to continuously improve how they work using new tools and technology. Everything else is on ourwebsite. If you still have questions, let us know when you apply!\n About You\nYou’re early in your engineering career and hungry to to use your engineering skills to have an immediate impact on the world.You might not have seen every design pattern or system failure yet, but you learn fast, ask good questions, and aren’t afraid to dive into a codebase to figure out how it really works.\nYou’re curious, adaptable, and energized by the idea that code can drive real-world outcomes. You don’t just want to polish small bugs in the background. You want ownership, responsibility, and the opportunity to level up quickly by working alongside experienced engineers and shipping work that has visible impact.\nAt Tavern, skills matter more than credentials. We don’t care if you took a non-traditional path or left school early. Our engineers use AI coding agents almost exclusively - we’re constantly testing new models and new workflows, and coding by hand is a distant memory around here. If that excites you, you’ll fit right in.\nPolitical experience is a plus, not a requirement. If our mission resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check every box.\nAbout the Role\nAs an Engineer I at Tavern, you’ll be a core builder on the team, turning real requirements into working software, and understanding whywe’re building what we’re building.\nThis is a hands-on, execution-focused role. You’ll write production code, write tests, and help get features across the finish line. You’ll work closely with senior engineers who will review your work, challenge your thinking, and help support your technical growth.\nYour work might include instrumenting an experiment to measure impact, building out our sentiment-measurement tooling, or improving how we cross-validate results with survey data.\nWe value in-person collaboration and expect regular time in our Chicago office. We’re hiring multiple engineers and reviewing applications on a rolling basis-if the posting is still up, the position is still open.\nAbout the Team: Digital Engagement\nYou’d be joining the team that builds tools to understand conversation on major social platforms. We build systems for large-scale sentiment measurement and experimentation, and we partner closely with our Surveys team to validate what’s working.\nThis team supports fast-moving, time-sensitive campaigns, so you’ll get hands-on experience with experiment design, measurement infrastructure, and rapid iteration - with visibility into the real-world impact of your work.\nResponsibilities\nTranslate product and internal requirements into clean, functioning code that ships to production.\nWork closely with the engineering team to implement solutions, write unit tests, and participate in code reviews.\nTroubleshoot and resolve issues in production, contributing to the stability and reliability of our tools.\nUse LLMs and AI coding tools to accelerate development and continuously expand your technical skill set.\nActively participate in planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives to improve how we build and ship software.\nQualifications\n0-2+ years of relevant experience, with an emphasis on demonstrated ability rather than tenure.\nProficiency in Python, JavaScript and Docker.\nExperience working with and deploying LLMs or agentic, AI-assisted systems.\nExperience building backend systems, including working with databases, APIs, and infrastructure, with a solid understanding of core data structures and algorithms.\nExperience with (or strong interest in) social platform APIs, data pipelines, or experiment/measurement systems is a plus.\nFamiliarity with modern development tools such as Docker, Git/version control, and basic CI/CD workflows.\nAbility to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously in a fast moving environment.\nTo be explicit, you don’t need a degree to work here. 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