Software Engineering Intern
Protagonist, Washington DC +1
What you will do
- Build API endpoints in Python (Django REST Framework) and the React/TypeScript components that use them
- Write steps in our data pipelines (Metaflow) that pull in documents, enrich them with LLMs, and index them in OpenSearch
- Help build and evaluate LLM features: prompt templates, structured outputs, and scorecards that tell us whether a prompt is working
- Gain hands-on experience with AWS services, including S3, Bedrock, and EKS, to support development, troubleshooting, and deployment Write tests, upgrade dependencies, fix what breaks, and help track down production bugs
- Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to understand how the platform is used and how engineering contributions support analytical workflows
What you need
About You
Protagonist is seeking a Software Engineering Intern to join our small, collaborative engineering team and contribute directly to the development of our Narrative Analytics® platform, which analyzes millions of online conversations to uncover the beliefs and narratives shaping how people think and act.