Junior Software Engineer

Descrição da empresa

At GovPredict, we build products that make government more transparent and politics more efficient. Our clients count on our product to deliver timely information about political activity and manage their advocates to win their public affairs campaigns.

GovPredict's intelligence platform gives public affairs and political professionals access to millions of structured documents that concern federal, state, and local politics. An integrated grassroots platform supports advocacy campaigns to influence legislative and regulatory proposals. Our campaign contributions database is the largest in the world.

Our clients span many categories: associations like the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Farm Credit Council, Fortune 500 companies like Fox Corporation, educational institutions like the University of Pennsylvania, and various political campaigns, parties, & Congressional offices from both sides of the aisle.

GovPredict is headquartered in Washington, DC. We also have offices in Chișinău, Moldova and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We're growing fast and backed by Y Combinator and Joe Lonsdale, among others. Our friendly and hard-working team hopes to welcome you onboard!

Atividades e Responsabilidades

* Work on real software projects used by real users
* Gain valuable experience working on a talented software engineering team
* Paired with a more senior developer as your mentor
* Work in Javascript, Ruby, or Python languages
* Build software in ReactJS, Ruby on Rails, or Scrapy frameworks

Requisitos

* Foundational knowledge of software engineering
* Exposure to and knowledge of at least one programming language
* Able to communicate effectively in written and spoken English
* Eager to learn new things and apply them quickly
* Can work at least half-time (20 hours per week) from our office in Belo Horizonte

O que nós oferecemos