Jobs

To apply, please complete the Analytics Engineer Application.

The Democratic National Committee is looking for an Analytics Engineer to join our digital team.

We run one of the most effective, creative, and innovative digital programs in politics, and an optimized data-driven process is core to achieving the communications, fundraising and organizing goals of the cause.

Relevant experience includes developing and using tools for:

• Text analytics
• Social network/media analysis
• Web personalization
• Computational advertising
• Online experiments/testing

Ideal candidates would have a background in predictive, text and network analytics for online, web, ad and social media data and experience with digital marketing analytics.

Required Experience:

• B.S. degree (M.S./PhD preferred) in computer science, statistics, or related field
• Experience in analyzing big, complicated data sets including text and social media data
• Application of advanced statistical, and/or advanced data analytics techniques to real-world problems
• Any SQL-based query language
• Programming experience(C#, Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, C++)
• Proven creativity and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated, extensive experience (professional or academic) with any major analytics package (R, Matlab, Weka, KNIME, SAS, SPSS, KXEN, CART, Lucene, GATE etc).

All applicants must be in Washington D.C. or willing to relocate to D.C.

To apply, please complete the Analytics Engineer Application

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Does this describe you?

• You like to hack on web apps and mashups in your spare time
• You work well in small teams -- you're a self-starter, but you communicate often, clearly, and effectively
• You have no ego about your work -- you take pride in outcomes, but aren't defensive about your code
• You are calm in situations that can be pressure-filled or require quick problem solving
• You aren't satisfied with crufty code and love to refactor -- but you also recognize the perfect can be the enemy of the good
• You disdain meetings for meetings' sake -- catching up on IRC is much preferred
• You recognize where tried-and-true solutions and patterns are good enough, and where new development is called for
• You care about the issues that matter to progressives and the Democratic Party – it makes the occasional long hours more fun and worthwhile

Responsibilities:

• Developing custom web and mobile-based applications
• Developing internal applications to automate various systems within the DNC
• Collaborating and integrating with technology from the state Democratic parties
• Working with DNC sysadmins to bring your software to production
• Working with the teams in DNC Technology & Digital departments

Required experience:

• At least 2 years of on-the-job experience developing web and/or mobile-based applications
• Four-year degree in engineering, computer science, or related field preferred
• Clear communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with MVC/MTV frameworks (eg., Rails, Django, Flask)
• Experience with unit and functional tests and integration
• Experience with RESTful Web APIs
• Experience deploying and administering web applications
• Comfort and familiarity at all levels of the web application stack: operating systems, databases, application servers, CDNs, caching, etc.

Required software:

• Fluency and proficiency in at least one major Web application language (eg., Ruby, Python, NodeJS)
• Proficiency with open source database systems (MySQL, SQLite, preferably PostgreSQL)
• Proficiency with front-end languages, especially JavaScript, including HTML5 and CSS3
• Proficiency with DVCS (Git, Mercurial)
• Unix! Pipes and small pieces are your friends

Resumes should be emailed to techresumes@dnc.org with subject line "Software Engineer."

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

To apply, please complete the Graphic Designer Application.

The Democratic National Committee is looking for a talented designer to join our digital team.

We run one of the most effective, creative, and innovative digital programs in politics, and our design team is core to achieving the communications, fundraising and organizing goals of the cause.

We'll rely on our design team to create visually compelling, user-friendly and action-oriented design products to drive our multi-faceted campaigns, and to continue to grow and evolve the Democrats brand.

We're looking for designers at a variety of levels, so whether you're a seasoned veteran or are new to the field but hoping to apply your skills to a worthy cause, we hope to hear from you.

Required:

• Online portfolio of work or website for review
• Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS
• 1-3 years professional experience for junior position, 3-5 years for senior position
• Must be in DC or be willing to relocate to the Washington, D.C. Area

Preference given for experience with:

• Usability Design/Information architecture
• Designing info graphics
• Designing for Political or Advocacy groups

Other details:

• You should be ready to work hard; this isn't a 9-5 sort of job
• You should have the ability to work under deadline pressure and manage multiple projects
• You should be passionate about engaging millions of Americans in advancing President Obama's agenda and changing our country for the better

To apply, please complete the Graphic designer Application

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE