ENGINEERING INTERN

GovSignals is next-gen acquisition for the Department of War.

It can take the government longer to buy a capability than an adversary takes to field one, and we exist to close that gap.

We're the only startup managing government contract data with AI in both FedRAMP High and DoW Impact Level 5 environments. Our platform monitors 5,000+ live government data sources, 100,000+ federal and state agencies, and 2,000,000+ government contracts in real time. Our customers in government include offices like DIU and SOCOM, and our customers in industry range from small contractors to Fortune 500 primes with billions in annual awards.

ENGINEERING INTERN

Remote • Paid 6-Week Internship • Expected Start: November 1, 2026

ABOUT GOVSIGNALS

GovSignals is the AI system of work for government contracting. It can take the government longer to buy a capability than an adversary takes to field one, and we exist to close that gap.

We're the only startup managing government contract data with AI in both FedRAMP High and DoW Impact Level 5 environments. Our platform monitors 5,000+ live government data sources, 100,000+ federal and state agencies, and 2,000,000+ government contracts in real time. Our customers in government include offices like DIU and SOCOM, and our customers in industry range from small contractors to Fortune 500 primes with billions in annual awards. In the past 18 months, we've earned FedRAMP High and IL5 authorizations, joined GSA MAS and the MDA SHIELD IDIQ, and signed some of the biggest names in government contracting.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Signal Sources Intern

GovSignals is looking for third- and fourth-year undergraduate students and recent graduates to help expand the public data sources that power our platform. This role combines software development, web research, and hands-on ownership of data quality.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Build and maintain data scrapers and ingestion pipelines for government data sources across the United States

Use internal tooling and AI agents to research sources, develop extraction approaches, and accelerate implementation

Validate data for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and reliability before it reaches the platform

Monitor existing sources, investigate failures or source changes, and improve scraper resilience

Document source behavior, extraction logic, and data-quality checks so systems are maintainable

Support other technical and operational work across the company as needed

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Experience with TypeScript; Python is also valuable for data collection and analysis

Familiarity with web scraping or browser automation using tools such as BeautifulSoup, Playwright, or Selenium

Comfortable working with HTML, APIs, structured and unstructured data, and common formats such as JSON and CSV

Strong attention to detail and an ownership mindset for data quality

Familiarity with Git, debugging, and writing clear technical documentation

Interest in using AI agents effectively while validating their output carefully

Curiosity about public-sector data and the persistence to work through inconsistent websites and source formats

You don't need to check every box. We're looking for someone who is technically curious, learns quickly, and enjoys figuring out how things work. Experience with web scraping is helpful, but strong software fundamentals and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar systems are equally valuable.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

You’ll see how a high-velocity startup builds trustworthy data products: defining reliable processes, anticipating downstream effects, and making careful tradeoffs that protect data quality.