Movement Labs · 8 hours ago
Movement Labs Tech Fellowship 2026 (Fully Remote) Software/Data Engineer
Movement Labs is dedicated to scaling people power and supporting progressive electoral efforts. The Tech Fellowship offers hands-on experience in software and data engineering within a collaborative environment, focusing on building tools for electoral campaigns and improving team workflows.
Political Organization
Responsibilities
Build tools that directly support progressive campaigns and organizers in election season (Polling Place images, etc)
Work with our Core Data Team on precinct election results and data analysis
Contribute to internal tooling, automations, and infrastructure to improve team workflows
Build, test, and maintain backend systems, including agentic AI pipelines or experimental prototypes
Write clean, well-documented code to support operations and innovation
Take a systematic approach to tasks: define goals, structure work, document outcomes
Stay organized in the face of ambiguity; prioritize well and manage time independently
Sweat the small stuff: flag edge cases, catch bugs early, follow naming conventions, write good commit messages
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree OR four years of professional experience that demonstrates an ability to succeed in our hardworking and complex environment
Demonstrated interest in progressive politics, campaigns, or organizing, through professional experience, volunteering, or coursework
Commitment to fulltime work for duration of the Fellowship, including participation in all Fellowship meetings and trainings
Successful fellows are flexible, able to nimbly shift as priorities change, learn quickly, and are willing to do what needs to be done in our fast-paced, quickly evolving environment
Passionate about progressive politics and leveraging data, technology, organizing and research to build political power
Demonstrated detail-orientation with excellent follow through
Ability to work independently and manage workload in remote environment
Preferred
Coding experience, especially in Python, JavaScript, SQL, or other programming languages (personal projects, coursework, or internships all count!)
A strong interest in using tech and data for progressive political change
A systematic and organized working style
Curiosity and willingness to learn new tools and skills
Clear communication and attention to detail
Comfort working in a remote, fast-paced, and experimental environment
Familiarity with agentic AI systems or pipelines
Experience using tools like GitHub and the Google Cloud suite
Exposure to messaging systems (e.g. SMS/MMS)
Experience with organizing, campaign work, or grassroots activism
Benefits
Sick time accrual
Paid lunch break
Paid holidays
Company
Movement Labs
Movement Labs combine data, technology and experimental methods with an army of passionate volunteers to build power.
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-07-05Seed
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