Application Team Software Intern

About Sayari: 

Sayari is the counterparty and supply chain risk intelligence provider trusted by government agencies, multinational corporations, and financial institutions. Its intuitive network analysis platform surfaces hidden risk through integrated corporate ownership, supply chain, trade transaction and risk intelligence data from over 250 jurisdictions. Sayari is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and its solutions are used by thousands of frontline analysts in over 35 countries.

Our company culture is defined by a dedication to our mission of using open data to enhance visibility into global commercial and financial networks, a passion for finding novel approaches to complex problems, and an understanding that diverse perspectives create optimal outcomes. We embrace cross-team collaboration, encourage training and learning opportunities, and reward initiative and innovation. If you like working with supportive, high-performing, and curious teams, Sayari is the place for you.

Internship Description:

Sayari is looking for a Software Intern to join our Software Engineering department on the Application team and own the development of new features across our stack. Our ideal candidate is a process-oriented self-starter with some experience in the software engineering world and is interested in working on problems related to corporate transparency, anti-money laundering, sanctions evasions, and combating financial fraud. This internship offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in building and maintaining APIs and web server backends while working closely with experienced developers. If you are passionate about open-source development and innovative technology, then we strongly encourage you to apply.

Our application tier is built primarily in TypeScript, running in Kubernetes, and backed by Postgres, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Memgraph. Our data ingest tier runs on Spark, processing terabytes of data collected from hundreds of data sources. The platform allows users to explore a large knowledge graph sourced from hundreds of millions of structured and unstructured records from over 200 countries and 30 languages. As part of this team, you'll have the chance to contribute to our growing library of open-source work, including our WebGL-powered network visualization library Trellis.

This is a remote paid internship with work expectations being between 20-30 hours a week.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with the rest of the development team to manage work and refine requirements
• Writing high-quality and maintainable code in the API and related software
• Writing documentation
• Creating and updating automated test cases
• Executing manual quality assurance checks
• Debugging issues reported against the API and related software.

Skills & Experience:

• 1-2+ years experience in programming web-based applications and REST API servers
• Understanding of functional programming such as map/filter/reduce
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience working with Node and Express
• Experience with modeling and querying data in SQL databases such as Postgres
• Experience writing unit tests and integration tests
• Experience with RxJS (is a plus)
• Experience with databases such as Cypher-based graph databases (Memgraph), Cassandra, Elasticsearch (is a plus)
• Experience with React and tools such as Redux and React Query (is a plus)

What We Offer: 

·       A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you

·       Limitless growth and learning opportunities

·       A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

·       Team building events & opportunities

Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We believe diversity and inclusion mean our team members should reflect the diversity of the United States. No employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, genetics, or political affiliation. We strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.