Senior Software Engineer, Morning Consult
$146.3-243.4k
With a midpoint of $194,900. This role is eligible for additional variable compensation and an equity grant
Decision intelligence
Open for applications
Decision intelligence
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$146.3-243.4k
With a midpoint of $194,900. This role is eligible for additional variable compensation and an equity grant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve how global business, financial, and government leaders make decisions.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate has experience working with LLMs in production environments, a solid foundation in professional software development in a strongly typed language (such as Go, TypeScript, or similar), and familiarity with LLM techniques such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), few-shot prompting, guardrails, and evals
- Advanced expertise in Go
- Expert knowledge of cloud storage systems (e.g., RDBMS, ElasticSearch, Redis, S3, DynamoDB, etc)
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in cloud networking technologies
- Experience with cloud architecture, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, automated testing, and related tools
- Hands-on experience implementing modern software architectural principles and patterns (test-driven development, domain-driven design, microservices, etc)
- Strong understanding of architectural design patterns and computer-science fundamentals
- Experience working with containerized applications (e.g., Docker, containerd, etc)
- Ability to both rapidly prototype and build robust, scalable solutions
- Ability to discern the appropriate technical approach for meeting business objectives
- Excellent communication skills, both technical and business-facing
- Demonstrated ability to work with a multidisciplinary team and independently
- Comfortable with ambiguity; ability to get things done in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment
- Experience owning the development and successful delivery of complex software initiatives
- Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through the actual launch of the project
Desirable
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with LLMs, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Hugging Face, etc., in production environments
- Proficiency with Python
- Experience with Git for team-based collaboration
- Demonstrated familiarity with RAG, few-shot prompting, tool-use, context engineering, and evals
- Experience evaluating LLM performance with metrics, user testing, and iterative improvements
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex technical tasks
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join Morning Consult’s core engineering organization. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in designing, building, and scaling the next generation of AI-powered products and services at Morning Consult
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including software engineers, product managers, and subject matter experts—to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions built on modern AI technologies
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software solutions across the stack (frontend, backend, infrastructure) with a focus on building AI-native features and products
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements and customer needs into technical solutions
- Contribute to system architecture and planning, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Participate in code reviews, mentorship, and knowledge sharing to help level up the team and maintain high engineering standards
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on new features and ideas, balancing speed with quality
- Own projects end-to-end, from discovery and requirements gathering through implementation, testing, and deployment
- Integrate AI/ML capabilities into products and workflows, working closely with AI engineers as needed (AI experience is a plus, but not required)
- Champion best practices in software engineering, including automated testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
- Gather user feedback, interpret results, and iteratively enhance product functionality and user experience
Our take
What began as a single poll looking at the American youth has become one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America, as previously classified by Deloitte. Morning Consult is a global decision intelligence company that specialises in online survey research technology.
It has become a first port of call for many industry leaders who want access to its technology that offers insights, news, and analysis at speed and scale. This position is down to the company’s access to over 100 million people globally, generating tens of thousands of daily interviews. Morning Consult's impressive client base represents more than half of the Fortune 500, including many companies that feature in the Top 10 in their respective fields.
Unlocking unicorn status in 2021, this new status and capital will see its development of additional AI applications whilst continuing to grow its global data collection infrastructure. Despite a round of layoffs in 2024 undertaken to aid profitability and product development, the company will maintain its top-tier seat within the rapidly-growing decision intelligence market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$60m
SERIES B
May 2020
$31m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91.1m
Company benefits
- 401(k): 5% Employer Match; Immediate Vesting.
- Health, Dental & Vision: PPO & HSA Options; Cost-free Dental.
- Flexible Vacation: Take What You Need; 16 Company Holidays.
- Caregiver Leave: 12 Weeks Fully Paid; UrbanSitter Partnership.
- Lifestyle Spending Account: $50 per month.
- Phone Reimbursement: $80 per month.
Company HQ
Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
Leadership
Alexander Dulin
(CTO)Received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from University of Rochester before founding Morning Consult.
Kyle Dropp
(President)Previously served as an Assistant Polling Analyst for The Washington Post. Has experience as a Researcher for Princeton University, Harvard Election Data Archive and Stanford Spatial Social Science Lab, before spending nearly 5 years as Assistant Professor of Government for Dartmouth College.
Max Courtney
(CCO & Co-Founder)Prior to serving as CCO, acted as Director of Business Development and later as Chief Revenue Officer for Morning Consult.
Michael Ramlet
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously served as the Principal of Purple Strategies. Continues to be a Member of The Economic Club of Washington, Page Society , and The Economic Club of Chicago, whilst sits on the Board of Advisors for the University of Minnesota.
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