Diversify Tech #278

Hey all! Welcome to Diversify Tech's Professional Edition. This newsletter is for underrepresented people in tech; specifically curated for mid-senior level folks. Every Tuesday, we share jobs, events, and other career opportunities.

In this week's edition,
💼 Nielsen Norman Group and Proteus Fund are hiring
⭐️ This week's spotlight is on Shana White
🔖 A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility
🏆 This February, share our newsletter for a chance to win the book Inclusive Design for a Digital World by Regine M. Gilbert

JOBS

Opportunities from our hiring partners

Software Development

• Software Engineer, TRAILS, United States, $122,382-$135,980

• Senior Front End Developer, Nielsen Norman Group, Worldwide, 100k-140k USD based on experience, location

• Senior Software Engineer, Assistiv Labs, United States, Equity + US$125,000 - 175,000/year depending on experience

• Director of Engineering, DoSomething, Remote - US, $100,800 - $113,400

Data

• Data Integrity Specialist, TRAILS, United States, $84,726-$94,140

Information Technology

• Senior IS Associate, Data and Systems Integration, Proteus Fund, Hybrid - New York, NY, $66,607-$80,594

• Customer Success Engineer (CSE), Assistiv Labs, Remote - US, Equity + US$75,000 - 100,000/year depending on experience, Open to entry-level folks!

Opportunities found around the web

Please note that these roles have not been vetted by our team!

• User Experience Researcher - Remote, Healthe systems, Tampa, FL, $115,600 - $158,950 a year

• Tech Lead, Web & UI Development, Codazen, Irvine, CA, $144,000 - $175,000 a year

• Cloud Systems Architect Lead, KATMAI, Remote, , $140,000 - $160,000 a year

• Software Engineering Manager, Virtuoso, Ltd., Remote, , $165,000 - $175,000 a year

• Full Stack Developer Scrum -- Software Engineer, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Hartford, CT, $115,700 - $190,900 a year

• Sr. Specialist Platform Infrastructure Engineer, Nestlé IT, Arlington, VA, $95,000 - $141,000 a year

• Staff Software Engineer, Infoblox, Tacoma, WA, $111,300 - $165,770 a year

• Software Development Manager, TherapyNotes.com, Horsham, PA, $155,000 - $175,000 a year

• Sr. Product Manager, Global & Regional Marketing, Virtuoso, Ltd., Remote, , $140,000 - $155,000 a year

• Business Analyst, Principal - Pharmacy Digital Strategies (Short-Term Employment), Blue Shield of California, Long Beach, CA, $120,120 - $180,180 a year

• Systems Analyst (Oracle EBS), Leviton Manufacturing, Melville, NY, $125,000 - $135,000 a year

• Senior Architect – Data Engineering, The Travelers Companies, Inc., Hartford, CT, $135,700 - $223,900 a year

• Azure Cloud Application Architect, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha, NE, $82,942 - $134,860 a year

• Technical Specialist 3, M.C. Dean, Inc., San Jose, CA, $100,200 - $130,000 a year

• Cyber Security Engineer with RMF, Leidos, Washington, DC, $101,400 - $183,300 a year

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SPOTLIGHT

Meet Shana White, a veteran educator with over 16 years of exceptional service.

Throughout her career, Shana has touched many corners of the educational ecosystem. She served as a computer science teacher, an instructional technology coordinator, and a Research Associate at Georgia Tech's Constellations Center for Equity in Computing.

Today, Shana holds the critical position of the Director of Computer Science Equity Initiatives at the Kapor Center, where she continues to blaze a path towards equitable tech education.

Shana's work is firmly grounded in her desire to make opportunities accessible to all students. Her work has led to numerous accolades, including being named a member of the Kapor Center Equitable Computer Science Advisory Board, a Georgia Tech Diversity and Inclusion Fellow, and a 2016 PBS Lead Digital Innovator for Georgia, to mention just a few.

Shana recently released Responsible AI and Tech Justice: A Guide for K-12 Education at the Kapor Center. This guide aims to re-imagine K-12 learning spaces, helping students and educators alike navigate the ethical landscape of technology.

Moreover, Shana announced that she is running for local office, for District 3 Gwinnett County School Board. Let’s congratulate and support Shana in this new endeavor!

EVENTS

• Feb 28 Transforming Aspirations into Action: Feel The Fear and Start Before You're Ready

• Mar 6 Technically Speaking: Fair and Equitable AI

• Mar 6 Exploring React Native for Native Mobile Developers

• Mar 6 Training Your Own QA Chatbot with Langchain and OpenAI (Live Coding Session)

• Mar 7 Dr. Ashley Shew on Against Technoableism

• Mar 7 Ability Summit

• Mar 7 How to Hold Your Team to High Standards

• Mar 7 - 8 Elevate Conference & Career Fair

• Mar 8 'Demystifying Docker': A Tool for All, Not Just for Some

• Mar 9 Accessibility Ideathon

• Mar 9 Bytes n' Brew - Diverse Career Paths in Tech for Women (International Women's Day!)

• Mar 12 Presentation Skills for Developers

SPEAK

• Jul 19 - 20 JConf Dominicana 2024. Apply by Mar 6.

• Apr 11 Conf42.com Large Language Models (LLM) 2024. Apply by Mar 11.

• May 1 AI in Finance. Apply by Mar 14.

• May 24 Security BSides Knoxville 2024. Apply by Mar 15.

RESOURCES

✨ CityJS, React Maiami, KCD New York, JSConf Budapest are offering scholarships to attend their events

💪 Get 15% discount for 'Self-Advocacy at Work' course by Shailvi Wakhlu

🐞Rock Your Debugging Game: Parallel Stack Window Tips You Need to Know!

💡 A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions by Stéphanie Walter

🌐 A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators by Sara Soueidan

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