Staff Full Stack Engineer

Job description

GoodParty.org is looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer to help scale frontier AI to empower tens of thousands of Independent candidates and elected officials who are putting people over parties. This is a role for an engineer who nerds out about the latest in AI, tests what actually works, and turns the best ideas into durable, high-impact features for our users. You will lead technical projects without needing to be a people manager: shaping architecture, setting patterns, building across the stack, and pushing our AI-native products into the hands of civic leaders who are solving real problems for their communities. About GoodParty.org: A majority of voters, including more than half of Millennials and Gen Z, say that neither major party represents them. GoodParty.org is the solution. We're on a mission to make people matter more than money in our democracy by empowering Independent candidates to run, win, and serve. Since 2024, 13,000+ Independent candidates have won their races across all 50 states using our tools, training, and support. Our AI-powered platform provides free tools to launch and run campaigns, connect with voters, and serve their communities effectively — without needing a political party or big donors. What our users have in common is that they prioritize people over parties and community over special interests. We're not a political party, we're a platform and a movement to democratize democracy. Founded by serial entrepreneur Farhad Mohit ($1B+ in exits, including Flipagram/TikTok and Shopzilla), GoodParty.org is building solutions so we can have a truly representative democracy where society's biggest problems are solved. What you'll do: - Own features end-to-end across the stack — from the Next.js frontend through the NestJS backend and into the Python AI services that power them. - Set the frontend quality bar for AI-native product surfaces, defining component patterns and UI interaction models for agent-driven, conversational experiences. - Embed in a product squad as a key voice, partnering with product and design to take features from prototype to production. - Build and maintain the integration layer between the user-facing product and our Civic Agent Platform — owning the contracts, data shapes, and API boundaries that connect what users see to what agents compute. - Contribute to the evaluation and quality layer for user-facing AI features, including eval pipelines, golden datasets, and CI gates that catch model failures before they reach users. - Raise the engineering bar by turning repeated problems and slowdowns into shared infrastructure, reusable patterns, stronger tooling, and better development practices for the team. - Lead technical conversations across the stack with enough fluency in infrastructure, deployment, and observability to make sensible tradeoffs and escalate the right things. - Report to the CTO and partner closely with our Principal Engineer and squad Tech Leads. Who we're looking for: - You're up for the audacious challenge of driving money out of politics and democratizing democracy. - You thrive in a remote, fast-paced environment, balancing strategic thinking with a strong bias toward action. - You bring 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 years at Staff level or equivalent scope owning full stack product delivery. - You are genuinely full stack — comfortable and productive in Next.js/React on the frontend and NestJS/TypeScript on the backend, and you don't have a preference layer you silently avoid. - You walk the talk by using AI-native approaches (e.g. AI writes the code) yourself for coding, including Claude Code, Cursor, and MCPs. - You have deep working knowledge of building cloud infrastructure (especially on AWS) and using infrastructure-as-code tools. - You have shipped production LLM-powered features as a full stack engineer and understand the UI challenges of agentic systems: latency, streaming, uncertainty, and failure states. - You have working familiarity with agent patterns — Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI tool use, LangChain, or equivalent — sufficient to design frontend and API contracts that serve them. - You treat staying current as part of the job, not a side hobby. You keep up with where AI engineering is heading, you deep dive into the technology behind headlines and big claims, and fold the durable parts into your work. - You have contributed to eval pipelines, golden datasets, or CI quality gates for LLM features. - You've shipped features where content safety and output quality were not optional, and you design UIs that handle model errors and edge cases gracefully rather than silently. - You bring strong opinions loosely held and expect engineering excellence. - You communicate clearly, directly, and respectfully, and you're open to delivering and receiving candid feedback that helps the team grow. Bonus if: - You've shipped LLM features in high-trust or regulated domains where UI-level error handling and responsible output presentation were explicitly designed, not bolted on. - You have experience building agent-facing UI patterns: streaming responses, structured tool results surfaced progressively, and confidence or uncertainty signals presented to non-technical users. - You've contributed to open-source projects or developer communities. - You have professional or volunteer experience in civic tech, democracy reform, political campaigns, or social impact initiatives. - You're tired of sitting on the sidelines while democracy fails to meet its potential — and you're ready to act. Why you should work at GoodParty.org http://GoodParty.org: - Join a passionate team with diverse political views focused on one mission. Our values are: People First. Direct, Open, and Honest. Empowered Ownership. Iterate for Impact. Fun Is Fuel. - We're a Public Benefit Corporation that prioritizes social impact over profit. - Innovative Bitcoin denominated deferred bonus plan, allowing you to have the amazing upside of being in a startup while working on a truly meaningful mission. - Work where and how you like, on a fully remote team spread across the country. - 100% coverage of health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. - We encourage you to take time off to recharge and have an unlimited PTO (sick and vacation) policy. This is a marathon, not a sprint. We believe a work-life balance is needed to get there. - 401(k) program available so you can contribute toward retirement savings (no employer match). - Individual learning & development budget to fund your growth. - We'll make sure you've got what you need to work remotely through our workspace setup stipend. - If you work from home, we give $50/month to help with your internet and other expenses. If you prefer co-working, that's an option we can discuss too. - Fully funded for our mission. No stressing over whether the next round of funding will come through. Focus on making an impact. That's what matters here. The salary range is $200,000 - 235,000 for this remote, full-time position with excellent benefits. This range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, seniority, education, qualifications, certifications, and organizational needs. We reserve the right to modify this pay range at any time. We are not considering candidates currently based outside of the US, so please only apply if you are physically located in the US. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship for any of our roles at this time. Ready to learn more or apply? We hope you'll apply! You can also keep up with the latest by signing up at GoodParty.org/about http://GoodParty.org/about. If you know anyone else who may be interested, please share this job posting — thanks!