Software Engineering Intern

Civera is an early-stage software startup that’s on a mission to make government more transparent and accountable. We love what we do, we have fun doing it, and we’re looking to bring on a Software Engineering Intern to support our civic technology work.

Our ground-breaking software has been featured in The New York Times and WIRED and is becoming the nation’s most popular government portal for citizens to find election results and understand money in politics. Our tools are already launched in ten US states and are poised for adoption by other state, county, and municipal governments, and even other countries – and you’ll be in the middle of the action.

You are a formally-educated or self-taught technologist with strong programming fundamentals, and a relentless drive to learn and grow in your expertise and toolkit. You will be provided technical and leadership training that we hope will serve to propel your career forward. We are looking for a Software Engineering Intern who is capable of working on multiple projects at once and seeing them all through to completion, and a self-starter who is creative, and can work through any obstacles to get the job done. A passion for our mission of serving the public through better government transparency is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a working understanding of political elections and related data structures
• Use Javascript to write front-end code, or Python to write back-end code
• Develop libraries and reusable code
• Take initiative and work on impactful projects to drive from start to finish
• Make excellent use of project management and ticketing tools (e.g. Jira)
• Interact with project managers to gather requirements for input and output data formats
• Contribute code across the full stack of existing web applications and services APIs.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies and participate in internal and external technology communities.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity

Requirements

• Web development or software engineering education or experience in Python and/or Javascript
• Demonstrated aptitude for extensible and scalable software architecture
• Experience developing and interacting with APIs
• Experience contributing to applications with relational database back-ends
• Experience using Git
• 4-year college degree (or equivalent experience/self-education)

Hours & Term

• This is a full-time internship. Hours of 9AM-5PM ET is preferred.
• Term is flexible: 3-month minimum term, up to 4 terms (12 months)

Stipend 

• $6,000 for each 3-month term, payable in monthly increments. Paid as a contractor via 1099.

Possibility for advancement into a staff role based on performance and the needs and status of Civera. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to hr@civera.com.

Civera is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, color, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.