Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)

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State Affairs is a news and policy intelligence platform focused on state governments. The Software Engineering Intern will build and ship full-stack product features, including data workflows, search, and collaboration tools, while working with engineering, design, and product teams.

Responsibilities

Ship vertical product slices with your mentor and team: Figma wireframe, React component, Node handler, SQL/Mongo query, deployed on AWS via Docker and GitHub Actions Help build fast, delightful data workflows such as instant search, real-time diffing and collaborative annotation, with sub-200 ms interactions over large datasets Work with design and product on thin-slice scoping, experiment flags and measuring customer outcomes Instrument and improve your work with dashboards, structured logs and feature-flag rollouts, and join our blameless post-mortems Practice product craftsmanship through Storybook-driven UI, shared design tokens, and code reviews that coach rather than gatekeep Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) every day to speed up coding and debugging

Qualifications: 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 Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship Experience with Next.js, TypeScript or MongoDB Exposure to Docker, CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions) or a cloud platform (AWS preferred) Interest in or exposure to search, vector databases, RAG or other AI/ML-driven features Projects using data visualization (D3, Recharts) or rich-text editors (Slate, TipTap) Prior internship, startup or significant open-source experience Experience using LLM coding tools in your own projects