NGP VAN is looking to leverage AI tools and services to drive innovation, enhance the software development lifecycle, and build new features in their product to advance democratic and progressive causes.
Requirements
- 2+ years of full stack Software Development experience, including design patterns and data structures
- Proficiency with key application technologies: Django, Python, Postgres databases, and AWS ECS. Expertise with AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment models, including automation, orchestration, and scale.
- Proficient at using AI tools and prompt engineering methods to solve software engineering problems.
- Strong front-end experience with React, Typescript, and Node.
- Familiarity with introducing AI applications into DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery using industry standard tools such as ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, or Windsurf.
Responsibilities
- Support the technical health and quality of existing features and new AI-powered features, ensuring alignment with overall product goals while maintaining high engineering standards.
- Contribute and support successful sprint planning, execution, and retrospectives for features. Own release cycles, ensuring high-quality releases and coordinating sprint reviews and demos.
- Work closely with product management, data science teams, and other engineering teams to define product features, manage project scope, and align on priorities.
- Collaborate with Lead Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Architects: work closely with others to design, develop, and deliver large-scale data applications utilizing LLMs and other AI tools to enhance product delivery.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of product technologies, ensuring the team remains at the forefront of emerging trends in AI, machine learning, and data science.
- Create comprehensive documentation and training materials to improve team efficiency, ensure knowledge sharing, and facilitate onboarding, particularly in AI technologies.
- Collaborate with DevOps and SaaS Teams: work together with DevOps and SaaS teams to implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
Other
- This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by CWA Local 1400, 2336 or 13000.
- At this time, we are unable to consider candidates who require current or future sponsorship for employment authorization.
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to work closely with data science teams, product managers, and other engineering teams.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and ceremonies.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering solutions to complex technical challenges in AI and software engineering.
