Software Engineer II

democrats.org; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

Health and dental insurance

Vision plans

Up to 5% 401(k) employer match

Pre-tax flexible spending account

Job summary

Democratic National Committee (DNC) is hiring a Software Engineer II to support the technology behind campaigns across the U.S. The role sits on a remote-first team and reports to an Engineering Manager, partnering with product and data peers to maintain infrastructure and data pipelines.

The position focuses on Python, SQL, Google BigQuery, Apache Airflow, and related tools, with 2–5 years industry experience preferred. This is a full-time role with end date on November 15, 2026.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Python and SQL in data-oriented projects.
• Experience with Google BigQuery and the GCP ecosystem.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Familiarity with orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and dbt.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Engineering Manager, Product Manager, and data teams to maintain infrastructure and pipelines.
• Build and optimize data pipelines to support campaigns and state parties.
• Contribute to a remote-first, collaborative engineering culture.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

ETL

Communication

Tools

Google BigQuery

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Docker

DBT

Terraform

Pulumi

LLMs (Gemini, Claude)

Job description

We're hiring! Are you fired up to elect Democrats up and down the ticket?

Position Summary

The Democratic National Committee's Tech team is hiring a software engineer to support the technology that will empower Democratic Candidates up and down the ballot to win in the midterms. The Tech team works closely with campaigns, state parties and the political ecosystem to provide the tools and data they need to win. In the lead up to the midterms we need engineers to help us maintain the technological infrastructure and data pipelines needed by candidates. In this role, you'll report to an Engineering Manager and partner with a Product Manager and engineering and data team peers.

This role is a remote role, on a remote-first team.

Who we are

• The Tech team is a small, diverse team that develops and supports technology used by candidates and organizers across the United States to analyze data, organize campaigns, raise money, and get out the vote on election day. You can read more about us on our blog on Medium.
• We're a team that values clarity over polish, curiosity over ego, and sustainability over burnout. We believe good ideas can come from anywhere, that accountability and empathy can coexist, and that work should feel meaningful without consuming your whole life. Our team values progress over perfection, and we are unafraid to chart a path forward, even in the face of ambiguity.
• If you're looking for a place where you can challenge assumptions, grow your skills, support your teammates, and help build tools that move the needle in real-world organizing, we'd love to hear from you.
• We value diversity in perspective, lived experience, and the many paths one may take towards becoming an engineer. To that end, even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description, we still encourage you to apply.

Do you want to...

• Secure the future of our country? A lot is at stake and our team has a huge opportunity to make a real difference. This is high-impact, mission-centered work: ideal for someone who's energized by progressive tech and wants to build systems that make a difference.
• Work with amazing people? We have built a diverse, distributed team, hiring the best people we can wherever they are- alumni from past Presidential campaigns, experienced product developers, e-commerce veterans, and more.
• Never stop learning? We are blazing a lot of new trails and you should be comfortable exploring and learning from everyone you can.
• Support our team's election readiness, including but not limited to processing voter files, resolving pipeline errors related to early vote data, and maintaining other end to end ETL pipelines.
• Be ready to dive into complex, ad-hoc tasks in support of our campaigns and state parties - this might include building pipelines to move disparate data sources, parsing logic to understand how we are processing data, or improving system reliability to support heavier volumes going into elections.
• Dive into a stack that is heavily composed of data pipelines involving Apache Airflow and the wide GCP ecosystem.
• Communicate clearly and approach problems with curiosity and humility, working with fellow developers, product managers, and people who use our data products, to provide great user experiences.
• Make a lot of people's work easier - our team is focused on helping computers do what we do best, so we can save human time for things only humans can do.
• Build for the long run, knowing that the mission of the Tech team is to continually improve the technology available to Democrats from campaign to campaign and election to election.
• Other duties as assigned to support the department and the DNC's mission.

Tech we work with often includes...

• Python
• SQL
• Google BigQuery and the related GCP ecosystem
• Astronomer, Apache Airflow, and other data workflow and orchestration tools
• Docker
• DBT
• Infrastructure-as-code, including Hashicorp Terraform and Pulumi.
• LLMs, including Gemini and Claude
• Experience with the technologies we use, especially Python and SQL
• At least 2-5 years industry experience

Salary

The starting salary for the Software Engineer II position is $120,000, on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends. This is a cycle-based position with an end date of November 15, 2026.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:

• Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave
• Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee
• Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase
• Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan
• Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents