--- title: Software Engineer at Constructive Dialogue Institute description: Constructive Dialogue Institute is hiring for the Software Engineer role. Pays $72K–$82K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/software-engineer-at-constructive-dialogue-institute-01a1367b-604c-736f-85b0-7a0a41b48b9b date: 2026-11-15T01:26:44Z og_description: Join Constructive Dialogue Institute as Software Engineer. Pays $72K–$82K per year. Full-time, remote role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/52ebci.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Constructive Dialogue Institute | | **Location** | Remote | | **Salary** | $72K/yr - $82K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time, Contractor, Intern | | **Posted** | Oct 13, 2026 | ## Remote check **Fully remote: passed our check.** The role itself is remote, with no recurring office days, travel under 10%, no on-site duties and no end date on the remote setup. - "Location: Remote, must be based in the U.S." **Where you can work from:** United States ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** C · Some flags. Mostly fine, a few things to check. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** Constructive Dialogue Institute sponsors H-1B visas. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Constructive Dialogue Institute. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $112,000 – $182,000 a year (median $155,000). ## Description ## *Who We Are* The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is a non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to equipping the next generation of Americans with the skills to communicate and collaborate across lines of difference. We work with U.S. colleges and universities by providing co-curricular programming for students, professional development for faculty and staff, and strategic guidance to leadership. Our goal is to foster constructive dialogue at every level of the institution and to create the conditions for lasting organizational change. CDI was co-founded by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling author of *The Righteous Mind* and *The Anxious Generation*. ## *The Role* We're seeking an early-career Software Engineer to help build the technology behind CDI's learning programs. You'll work on [](https://constructivedialogue.org/perspectives/)[Perspectives](https://constructivedialogue.org/perspectives/), our online learning platform, and our AI-powered dialogue practice experience, helping students build the skills to bridge divides and giving educators better tools to support their learning. You'll work directly with and be mentored by our Senior Technical Lead, and collaborate closely with our Product team. You'll contribute to real product features, fix bugs, help keep our platform reliable, and improve the systems we use to build and maintain software. You'll start with clearly scoped work, get regular guidance and code review, and take on more responsibility, including production support, as your skills grow. AI agents are part of our everyday engineering workflow. You'll learn to break problems into manageable pieces, evaluate implementation approaches, and review and test agent-generated code so you understand the work you ship. Our stack includes TypeScript, React, and Next.js; Java and Spring Boot; Python; and AWS. You don't need to arrive knowing all of it. ## *With guidance and mentorship from our Senior Technical Lead, you'll:* - Build and improve features for students, instructors, and CDI staff, such as learning activities, progress displays, and tools for managing courses and learners. - Work with our Senior Technical Lead and Product team to break product needs into clear tasks, and deliver small, well-tested changes. - Use AI coding agents to help implement features, investigate bugs, and explore unfamiliar code. Read, question, and test their output before treating it as finished. - Diagnose problems by reproducing them, tracing application behavior, and using logs and tests to understand what went wrong. - Write and maintain automated tests, check user-facing behavior, and participate in code reviews with attention to accessibility, reliability, and protecting learner data. - Help monitor and support our production systems, building toward taking part in incident response. - Contribute to the tools and practices that make AI-assisted development effective at CDI, including project context, custom agents and skills, tool integrations, and agent-assisted code review. - Document what you learn, communicate progress and blockers, and ask for help early when something is unclear. ## *Who You Are* #### **Required** - Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. - At least one hands-on engineering project beyond coursework, such as an internship, co-op, job, freelance project, or sustained open-source contribution, where you worked in a shared codebase and had your code reviewed. - A working foundation in at least one programming language, and a project you can explain: how it works, the decisions you made, and how you investigated problems. - Understanding of web application basics, including how a user interface communicates with an API and how an application stores and retrieves data. - Ability to read and modify code, work through problems step by step, and test your changes to make sure they work as expected. - Thoughtful use of AI development tools: willingness to learn how to direct them, critically evaluate their output, and ask questions when something is unclear. - Clear communication and follow-through, including responding constructively to feedback, flagging when you're blocked, and knowing when to ask for help. - Motivation for CDI's mission and interest in building tools that help people learn and practice new skills. #### **Preferred** - Experience building a web application with JavaScript or TypeScript and React, [Next.js](http://Next.js), or a similar framework, or exposure to Java, Spring Boot, or Python. - Familiarity with automated testing or SQL. - Interest in accessible design or education technology. ## *What We Offer* - **A Mission-Driven Culture** — our work culture genuinely reflects our mission, characterized by intellectual humility, continuous improvement, and open-mindedness - **Unlimited PTO** — recharge on your own schedule with unlimited paid time off, in addition to 13 company holidays - **Health, Vision & Dental** — health, vision, and dental plans, with CDI contributing toward your premiums each month - **401(k) Match** — invest in your future with a 100% match on your contributions, up to 3% of your pay - **Professional Development** — a generous annual budget to invest in your growth: build new skills, deepen existing ones, and stay inspired in your work - **Remote Work Support** — up to $500 reimbursed for home office equipment and up to $50/month reimbursed for home internet or cell phone expenses ## *The Details* - **Compensation:** $72,000 - $82,000 - **Location:** Remote, must be based in the U.S. - 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