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Tim Fist (@fiiiiiist) is hiring a Member of Technical Staff at IFP to build…
Brief
Tim Fist (@fiiiiiist) posted on May 4, 2026 that the Institute for Progress (IFP) is hiring a Member of Technical Staff to scale its 35-person policy shop to function like a think tank 10× larger. The role (salary $165k–$245k) emphasizes using frontier models to automate routine policy work—summarizing papers, processing public comments, extracting contact info—and building production systems (agent scaffolds, CRMs, microsite pipelines) so staff can focus on strategy, deep research, and engagement. Applicants must believe US policy is the highest-leverage impact lever, understand effective policy workflows, and ship maintainable full‑stack products. IFP is offering a $5,000 referral bonus for hires; the job is remote-or-DC (preferred) and applications are due May 31, 2026.
Why it matters
Tim Fist (@fiiiiiist) is hiring a Member of Technical Staff at IFP to build software that lets the 35-person team operate with the effective capacity of a think tank 10× its size.
Key details
- The role pays $165,000–$245,000, offers remote work or Washington, DC (preferred), includes a $5,000 referral reward for any referral that results in a hire, and applications close May 31, 2026.
- Key responsibilities include identifying policy research/advocacy tasks that can be automated with frontier models, building agent scaffolds, custom CRM tooling, and deployment pipelines for maintainable, performant microsites.
- Candidates must believe US policy is the highest-leverage way to have impact, deeply understand policy workflows (transforming time-consuming text-to-text tasks into strategic work), and have led full‑stack delivery of user-facing products.