Everytown Labs Fellow

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc.•New York, NY

12d•$0 - $85,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Everytown for Gun Safety is hiring an Everytown Labs Fellow for a 12-month, entry-level fellowship designed for a recent graduate. The Fellow will work across applied AI research and product development in support of the organization’s gun safety mission, including researching technologies, using AI to surface insights on gun violence and policy, improving digital products, and providing technical expertise. The role also supports responsible, mission-driven AI adoption and helps staff identify and build workflow automations. The Fellow will collaborate with Everytown Labs and Engineering & Analytics teams, with supervision from the Senior Director of Everytown Labs and regular exposure to senior members of the Everytown team. The position is based in New York City and requires working in the office three days per week. The 12-month term is expected to begin in November 2026, which is preferred. Responsibilities include improving AI-powered products, vetting gun violence data, automating manual processes, identifying and publishing research insights, writing technology and gun safety articles, supporting AI initiatives and products, facilitating the internal AI Roundtable, and standardizing repository practices, environments, dependencies, configurations, and technical documentation. The salary for the one-year fellowship is $85,000. Everytown offers medical, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, a 401(k) match, and additional benefits. Applicants must submit a resume and a cover letter of no more than one page. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; candidates advancing in the process will be invited to a 30-minute phone interview.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as computer science.
Experience working with AI coding tools and driving technical projects.
Basic understanding of APIs and integrating data sources using API documentation.
Interest in using AI for mission-driven organizations.
Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Good communication skills, including experience presenting work to a non-technical audience.
Support for Everytown’s mission to promote firearms safety and reduce gun violence in America.
Ability to work in New York City with the required hybrid schedule of three days per week in the office.
Submit a resume and a cover letter of no more than one page to be considered.

Responsibilities

Support improvements to existing AI-powered digital products by writing code for feature upgrades, fixing minor bugs, enhancing products, and documenting technical specifications and processes.
Help vet gun violence data weekly and automate manual processes used to keep AI-powered products up to date.
Use AI to identify and summarize findings and publish them to the Everytown Labs Insights Center.
Draft blog posts and articles about the intersection of technology and gun safety for the Everytown Labs website.
Work with other Everytown teams on AI initiatives, including building products for internal and external users.
Support the internal cross-organizational AI Roundtable by designing meeting agendas, demonstrating AI tools, and facilitating discussions about responsible AI guidelines.
Partner with Engineering and Analytics teams to establish and enforce repository organization, branching strategies, and pull request standards across AI and engineering repositories.
Standardize dependency management, environment definitions such as Docker and Conda, and configuration settings across existing projects.
Create and update technical documentation, including repository READMEs, API specifications, and setup guides, to streamline developer onboarding.
Work directly with staff to identify and build workflow automations and support appropriate, mission-driven adoption of AI tools and literacy.