Software Engineer (Contract)

*Please note that candidates must currently live in the following states: DC, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont. Virginia* Civis is hiring a Software Engineer (Contract) to build and ship high\-quality software across the full stack in service of our clients' most important missions. This is a 6\-month contract role for an early\-career engineer who is ready to work across the stack. React on the front end, Python/Ruby/Node on the back end, and SQL alongside a team of engineers, designers, and product managers who care deeply about what they build and who they build it for. **Responsibilities** * Develop high\-quality software * Support and collaborate with other engineers, data scientists, and product managers * Review and debug code * Effectively apply Civis best practices methodology and enforces design standards * Ensure project documents are complete, current, and archived appropriately * Ability to research, prototype and recommend software solutions * Collaborate with other teams within the organization * Engage the project on an emotional level as well as technical **Minimum Qualifications** * 1 \- 2 years of professional experience as a software developer/engineer * Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and experience building and integrating with AI tools such as Claude Code and GitHub Copilot * Experience developing user interfaces with modern JavaScript frameworks (specifically React) * Experience developing web applications with frameworks such as Rails, Django or NodeJS * Experience developing web applications with ReactJS, AngularJS and/or VueJS * Comfort working with SQL databases * Love of problem\-solving * An ability and eagerness to constantly learn and teach others * Passion for solving large, complex problems for customers **Preferred Qualifications** * Graduate degree in Computer Science or a related subject * Significant experience with one or more of the following: * + Pyth