State Affairs is looking to solve the problem of providing state government data and AI-native tools to decision makers, policy professionals, and citizens by building a category-defining business that will reshape America.
Requirements
- Professional work experience building product React/Next and Node/TypeScript applications
- Ability to program in SQL and various scheme designs, such as Postgres, with the ability to utilize Mongo
- Ability to operate CI/CD (Docker and GitHub Actions) and infrastructure as code, with appropriate collaboration with the infrastructure team (Terraform/CDK)
- Ability to utilize LLM tools (Claude-Code, Cursor, Codex) to accelerate coding and debugging
- Knowledge of search indexes or vector databases powering RAG/semantic workflows.
- Knowledge of SSR & ISR patterns in Next 14’s app‑router
- Knowledge of AI/ML concepts and the development of AI-driven features and models
Responsibilities
- Ship vertical product slices (Figma wireframe, React component, Node handler, SQL/Mongo query, and deployed on AWS via Docker and GitHub Actions).
- Design delightful data workflow such as instant search, real-time diffing, collaborative annotation, and hiding terabytes behind sub‑200‑ms interactions.
- Partner with the design and product management teams on thin‑slice scoping, experiment flags, and measurable customer outcomes.
- Instrument and iterate on dashboards, structured logs, Feature‑flag rollouts, and blameless post‑mortems.
- Evangelize product craftsmanship through storybook‑driven UI, shared design tokens, and code reviews that coach rather than gate‑keep.
Other
- Ability to translate abstract user problems into specific milestone and negotiate scope
- Prior professional work experience in a start-up organization
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
- This is a hybrid work opportunity and our teams operate from the Washington, DC office (located at L and 15th St. NW) at least 4 (four) days per week.
