Internship - Political Data Engineering (m/f/d)

• Concept and implementation of creative data products for clients from the political environment, including parties, associations, ministries, and NGOs
• Data collection via APIs: Development and maintenance of scripts that retrieve data from social media APIs and ad libraries
• Collaboration on existing data pipelines: Implementation and testing of transformation models (dbt/SQL)
• Data quality & monitoring: Regular checks of ongoing pipelines, tracking of errors and anomalies, onboarding new clients, documentation
• Dashboards & recurring analyses: Building and maintaining dashboards as well as creating recurring reports
• Ad-hoc analyses: Answering specific data questions from the team - from querying to understandable presentation of the results

• Programming skills in Python as well as basic knowledge of SQL, experience with R is desirable
• Interest in data infrastructure and initial exposure to technologies such as PostgreSQL, dbt, Dagster, or Ansible. What is more important to us than specific tool knowledge is the ability and interest to learn new systems
• Experience in data collection via APIs
• Basic understanding of good code design, especially reusability, maintainability, clear responsibilities, and meaningful abstraction
• Ability to design technical solutions that not only solve a single use case but are as flexible as possible and usable for further projects
• Conscious and critical handling of Large Language Models like Claude Code as well as the ability to use AI specifically for learning, code design, and developing technical solution approaches
• Ability to question and think through AI-generated suggestions rather than simply accepting them
• Interest in current political topics and digital political discourse
• Interest in Computational Social Science (CSS) and quantitative political consulting
• Native-level German, very good English.

At Cosmonauts & Kings, we are united by the conviction that successful communication at the intersection of politics, business, and society must be characterized by technological and creative innovation. Anyone who joins us shares this motivation and finds an environment in which we drive innovation together, from social-first and data-driven approaches to the productive use of AI.

You will have a team at your side that challenges each other professionally and supports each other reliably. We work closely together, share knowledge openly, and make decisions quickly, rather than losing ideas in approval loops. Strategy, data competence, creativity, and AI sit at the same table here, and the best solutions emerge precisely where these perspectives meet.

We offer you:

• Flexible working hours and home office as well as an overtime model
• First-class equipment and regular team events
• Transparent career paths and room for initiative
• A value-oriented environment that lives diversity

If you see yourself in this role, we look forward to receiving your application with your CV, a short cover letter, and your possible start date. Your contacts are Iza and Natalie. We look forward to getting to know you.

At Cosmonauts & Kings, applications are expressly welcome regardless of origin, gender, sexual identity, age, religion, or disability. We are convinced that diverse skills, perspectives, and personalities strengthen our team and are key to successful work.