Software Engineer (LLM Products)

We produce opinion research at a scale unmatched in politics, put it directly in decision-makers’ hands, and build tools on top of that data that we distribute widely across the progressive ecosystem. You’ll be joining a team of decorated engineers, data scientists, and political analysts who have quietly helped sha...

We are hiring a product-focused engineer to help build a new generation of AI-powered products: conversational interfaces, autonomous research agents, and tools that turn large amounts of data into information a person can act on in seconds. You’ll be talking to internal and external users to understand their goals....

Your ultimate objective will be helping Democrats win the 2026 midterms and laying the groundwork for a successful presidential election in 2028. Timelines are tight, the work changes week to week, and the problems are often ambiguous.

Has 6+ years of experience as a product engineer, full-stack engineer, or designer-engineer hybrid, with a portfolio of shipped products you can point to.
Has strong product and UX instincts: you can critique a flow, sketch an alternative, and explain the tradeoff in plain language.
Is comfortable using coding agents to build quickly, but without compromising quality. 
Has hands-on experience building products on top of LLMs: chat interfaces, agents, retrieval-augmented tools.
Understand how to use human annotations efficiently to encode human expertise into AI systems.
Has an eye for visual and interaction design; familiarity with tools like Figma is a plus.
Is energized by ambiguous problems.
Is motivated by Blue Rose Research’s mission and interested in learning the progressive political ecosystem. Prior political or civic-tech experience is welcome but not required.

We don’t expect every applicant to have expertise in every area listed above. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t perfectly match the description. Many of our team members have taken an unusual path to get to where they are today, and our unique and diverse perspectives make us more effective. We also believe strongly in our team’s ability to learn and grow. Join us!
The salary range for this position is $110,000 - $210,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
Candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.