Job Description

Movement Labs Tech Fellowship 2026 (Fully Remote) Software/Data Engineer

Company: Movement Labs

Location: Berkeley, CA

• Remote
  
  

Salary: $23/hr

Type: Full-time

Benefits: Medical, PTO

Posted: 11 hours ago

Job Description

About Movement Labs: Our mission is to affordably and provably scale people power.

Join the Movement Labs Fellowship for an exciting opportunity to gain skills and knowledge across the progressive electoral and digital organizing space. As a Movement Labs Fellow, you’ll gain hands-on experience in the cutting edge of electoral organizing. If you are eager, smart, and driven, want a career in the progressive movement space, and are ready to join our fast-paced team, apply to join our 8 Months 2026 Fellowship cohort!

What You’ll Do: Software Engineer | Data Engineer

The Tech Fellowship Program is an exciting and supportive cohort-based professional development program. Whether you are at the beginning of your career or mid-career looking to transition into the space, we seek talented individuals with a passion for our work, who are looking to learn from an entry-level job as well as through regular huddles and additional trainings.

The 8 Months 2026 Fellowship runs from March 30 to Nov 20, 30-40 hours a week . Fellows are expected to work full time and be available during core working hours 9am-6pm local time in a continental US timezone. It is not compatible with a full daytime classload.

Movement Labs is an equal opportunity employer.

This is a fully remote position that requires regular and reliable access to a computer and wifi.

Responsibilities

• Build tools that directly support progressive campaigns and organizers in election season.
• Work with our Core Data Team on precinct election results and data analysis.
• Contribute to internal tooling, automations, and infrastructure to improve team workflows.
• Build, test, and maintain backend systems, including agentic AI pipelines or experimental prototypes.
• Write clean, well-documented code to support operations and innovation.
• Take a systematic approach to tasks.
• Stay organized in the face of ambiguity; prioritize well and manage time independently.
• Sweat the small stuff: flag edge cases, catch bugs early, follow naming conventions, write good commit messages.
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree OR four years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated interest in progressive politics, campaigns, or organizing.
• Commitment to fulltime work for duration of the Fellowship.
• Successful fellows are flexible, able to nimbly shift as priorities change, learn quickly.
  
  

General Skills

• Passionate about progressive politics and leveraging data, technology, organizing and research to build political power
• Demonstrated detail-orientation with excellent follow through
• Ability to work independently and manage workload in remote environment
  
  

Our preferred candidate will have many of these characteristics and experience:

• Coding experience, especially in Python, JavaScript, SQL, or other programming languages
• A strong interest in using tech and data for progressive political change
• A systematic and organized working style
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new tools and skills
• Clear communication and attention to detail
• Comfort working in a remote, fast-paced, and experimental environment
• Familiarity with agentic AI systems or pipelines
• Experience using tools like GitHub and the Google Cloud suite
• Exposure to messaging systems (e.g. SMS/MMS)
• Experience with organizing, campaign work, or grassroots activism
  
  

Benefits

• $23/hour, 30-40 hours a week
• This is a fulltime, temporary, hourly position, which includes sick time accrual, paid lunch break, and paid holidays
• PTO accrual and healthcare benefits after 3 months
• This short-term Fellowship is intended to train and develop leaders in the progressive political space. Strong Fellows may be offered longer term roles
• Priority deadline for applications is February 20.