Jobs at TechCongress

We have two core values:

1. We believe that government should reflect the backgrounds and lived experience of all Americans.
2. We believe that ideological diversity should be central to all of our work. 

We are proud to be a fiercely nonpartisan organization. We live our values and work with Republicans, Democrats, Independents and everyone in between. Our independence from political objectives and ideology is our core strength. Our program structure is designed to go well beyond baseline standards that Congressional Ethics rules require of us and other Congressional fellowships. We maintain our independence and our integrity through the following: 

• Our mission is to serve as a pipeline for tech expertise into the public sector. Our fellowship is the means to that end, and it gives our fellows the platform and experience to serve at the highest levels of government and in Washington. As a result, over two-thirds of our fellows stay in the public sector after the fellowship. 
• Our fellows come to us because they want to work on big problems at scale. We select fellows that want to broadly contribute and have an impact — while getting an unparalleled education into Congress and public policy — and eschew candidates with more narrow interests, policy objectives, or agendas.
• We do not accept tech company or corporate dollars. We have a diverse funding mix with no single funder constituting more than 20% of our budget. Our funders have no influence on our decisions in terms of fellowship selection, fellowship training, or fellowship offices.  
• We do not have policy beliefs at TechCongress, and do not advocate on issues at TechCongress. Our sole purpose is our fellowship. Our standard of independence is significantly higher than other Congressional fellowship programs and goes beyond the baseline standards for Congressional Ethics rules. This allows our fellows to work on issues without conflicts— real or perceived. We are a policy agnostic and independent organization. 
• We serve Democratic and Republican offices equally. We have placed an equal number of fellows in Republican and Democratic offices in recent years. 

We are a startup non-profit. We've got great staff and advisors doing all we can to bridge the gap between government and the technology community. We work hard in an intentional and productive manner, and have fun while we do it. We are building a new generation of technology leaders, and support our staff and fellows with professional development, networking, and freedom to tinker and test new ideas. Above all, we are vigilantly focused on adding value—to our people, our institutions and our society.