Senior Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Tavern Research
Location: Chicago, IL 60629
Description:
Senior Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL (or remote for extremely well qualified candidates)
Office: 3 days/week in South Loop office
Reports to: Chief Technology Office
Salary Range: $150,000-$200,000 & equity
Start Date: asap
About Tavern Research
Tavern Research is a political tech startup that builds tools and insights to help our customers win elections and make better decisions. We specialize in scaling expert human work, like content generation and survey research. We're a venture-backed, mission driven, fast-moving, mostly technical team focused on supporting winning campaigns. Everything else is on our website. (If you still have questions, let us know when you apply!).
About You
You're curious, adaptable and are excited by AI's real-world impact and taking on hard problems. You thrive in high-stakes environments, learning on the fly, and delivering under pressure. Skills matter more than credentials (we don't care if you dropped out of school), and political experience is a plus but not required. If our mission at Tavern Research resonates with you, we encourage you to apply - even if you don't check every box!
About The Role
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Benefits
Location: Chicago, IL (or remote for extremely well qualified candidates)
Office: 3 days/week in South Loop office
Reports to: Chief Technology Office
Salary Range: $150,000-$200,000 & equity
Start Date: asap
About Tavern Research
Tavern Research is a political tech startup that builds tools and insights to help our customers win elections and make better decisions. We specialize in scaling expert human work, like content generation and survey research. We're a venture-backed, mission driven, fast-moving, mostly technical team focused on supporting winning campaigns. Everything else is on our website. (If you still have questions, let us know when you apply!).
About You
You're curious, adaptable and are excited by AI's real-world impact and taking on hard problems. You thrive in high-stakes environments, learning on the fly, and delivering under pressure. Skills matter more than credentials (we don't care if you dropped out of school), and political experience is a plus but not required. If our mission at Tavern Research resonates with you, we encourage you to apply - even if you don't check every box!
About The Role
- Build both internal and external facing tools, to support message and creative generation.
- Support our growing media monitoring and survey capabilities.
- Build tools that synthesize our knowledge to develop strategic insights for our clients.
We value in-person work and expect employees to work regularly from our Chicago office. If you're excited to build technology at the intersection of data science, politics, and media production, we'd love to hear from you.
We're hiring for multiple roles and reviewing applications on a rolling basis-if the posting's still up, the position's still open.
Responsibilities
- Conduct advanced R&D for new products.
- Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced and complex environment.
- Work closely with other engineers on staff to engage in the development of unit tests, code review and tool stability.
- Independently manage tool and feature development, including working with clients and staff to gather feedback.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience.
- Demonstrated experience developing a product from end-to-end.
- Experience utilizing and deploying LLMs.
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of system design and architecture.
- Extensive experience with databases, APIs, and infrastructure.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with testing strategies and quality assurance.
- To be explicit, you don't need a degree to work here. You just need to be good at the things we're asking from you.
Benefits
- Premium health insurance.
- Unlimited PTO, office closed for all federal holidays.
- 401k match.
Tavern Research is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.