State Affairs is a policy intelligence and AI company built on the nation's largest statehouse newsroom. Backed by Purple Arch Ventures.
About the role
As a Software Engineering Intern, you’ll join our engineering team in Washington, DC and ship real features to real users, not side projects. You’ll work across the full stack: React/Next.js interfaces, Node APIs, and Postgres data models that keep up with petabyte-scale content. One sprint you might help prototype a semantic-search UI backed by vector embeddings. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or graduate degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field
- Expected graduation in December 2027 or May 2028
- Experience building web applications through coursework, internships, research, hackathons or personal projects
- Familiarity with React (or a similar frontend framework) and Node.js (or another backend language)
- Working knowledge of SQL and relational database design (e.g., Postgres)
- Ability to break an open-ended problem into concrete milestones and to communicate progress clearly
More about this role
State Affairs is the nation’s leading news and policy intelligence platform focused on state governments. We combine nonpartisan coverage of Statehouses across the country alongside state government data and AI-native tools into a singular platform.
We inform and empower decision makers, policy professionals and citizens through our award-winning journalism and data – delivering profound insights to help our customers decode and act on state politics and policy. We’re building a category-defining business that will reshape America as we strengthen visibility into what’s happening and why at the state level.
As a Software Engineering Intern, you’ll join our engineering team in Washington, DC and ship real features to real users, not side projects. You’ll work across the full stack: React/Next.js interfaces, Node APIs, and Postgres data models that keep up with petabyte-scale content. One sprint you might help prototype a semantic-search UI backed by vector embeddings. The next, you might build part of a real-time collaboration layer that lets policy analysts co-author annotations and compare version histories without refreshing the page.
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