Software Engineer, AI for Global Democracy (Remote)

The Collective Intelligence Project; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Collective Intelligence Project in the U.S. is seeking a Software Engineer, Product to turn AI research into usable software.

You’ll collaborate with research, product, and engineering to ship end-to-end features and build intuitive interfaces that showcase the value of collective intelligence. You'll own projects from prototype to production, integrate AI APIs, and contribute to tools used by researchers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, including translating product requirements into technical solutions and shipping features end-to-end.
• Experience building full-stack applications using TypeScript, React, or Node.js, with exposure to additional back-end languages such as Python, Go, or C++.
• Experience with applications on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or AWS.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, product, design, or research to define requirements, communicate technical trade-offs, and deliver features.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Gemini to implement, debug, or test code, including validating generated outputs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior engineers and researchers to scope product ideas and research questions, then take ownership of well-defined prototypes, MVPs, and full-stack features through design, implementation, and deployment, with support through technical reviews and iteration.
• Build responsive, accessible interfaces that make key user journeys clear, incorporating feedback from Product, Research, and users.
• Develop tools that support research workflows, including data collection, experimentation, evaluation, and analysis.
• Rapidly prototype new product initiatives inspired by research and partner needs, shipping early and often, incorporating learnings into the product development process.
• Integrate language models and AI APIs into product features, test outputs against requirements, and identify failure modes.
• Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews, clearly explaining implementation options and trade-offs.
• Investigate bugs and use feedback to improve functionality, reliability, and performance.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

AWS

Claude Code

Cursor

Gemini

Job description

The Collective Intelligence Project in the U.S. is seeking a Software Engineer, Product to turn AI research into usable software.

You’ll collaborate with research, product, and engineering to ship end-to-end features and build intuitive interfaces that showcase the value of collective intelligence. You'll own projects from prototype to production, integrate AI APIs, and contribute to tools used by researchers.