Diversify Tech #301

Hi! 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 issue,
💼 Givebutter, Backpack and Illustrative Mathematics are hiring
💫 Make your own luck
🤖 Build and deploy Small Language Models - with our sponsor Arcee.AI

Cheers,
Veni Kunche

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JOBS

Opportunities from our hiring partners

Software Development

• Sr. Backend Engineer, Backpack, New York, San Francisco, Remote-US, $140,000 - $200,000

• Engineering Team Lead, Site Reliability Engineer, Givebutter, Remote - NYC Metro Area, $170,000 - $190,000

Data

• Data Scientist II, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (Hybrid), $80,000 - $138,000

Product

• Senior Platform Product Manager, Illustrative Mathematics, Remote- US, $145,000 - $155,000

• Product, Backpack, New York, San Francisco, US-Remote, $140,000 - $180,000

Information Technology

• IT Manager, Colorado Public Defenders Office, Denver, CO, $9,248.67 - $11,161.67 monthly

Opportunities from our partner, Indeed

Please note that these roles have not been vetted by our team! Make sure to do your own research.

• Data Center Network Architect, Brooksource, Lansing, MI, $120,000 - $150,000 a year

• AWS Architect, Brooksource, Maryland Heights, MO, $70 - $80 an hour

• Cloud Data Engineer, Brooksource, Charlotte, NC, $60 - $65 an hour

• Data Engineer, Brooksource, Indianapolis, IN, $55 - $60 an hour

• Staff Software Engineer (Hybrid) - Machine Learning, Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, CA, $133,920 - $180,800 a year

• Senior/Principal Information Systems Architect - Nuclear Deterrence Modernization, Onsite, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, $109,300 - $217,400 a year

• Senior Oracle Developer (Finance), STERIS, Mentor, OH, $90,000 - $100,000 a year

• Senior Oracle Developer, STERIS, Mentor, OH, $90,000 - $105,000 a year

• Senior/Principal Data Analyst - Nuclear Deterrence, Onsite, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, $109,300 - $217,400 a year

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EVENTS

• Aug 7 Taming a Monster: Leading Big Change as an Individual Contributor

• Aug 12 - 15 Create A Career In Tech That Finally Feels Good: A 3 Day Challenge

• Aug 12 Communicate your impact in your next job search

• Aug 13 Loudoun County Cybersecurity Professionals

• Aug 15 Virtual Monthly Mentorship Mixer with Learn Teach Code LA

• Aug 15 Mastering Your Career and Motherhood as a High-Achieving Mom

• Aug 15 The Ultimate Speaker Masterclass Presented by Wonder Women Tech

• Aug 15 3D on the web with React

• Aug 15 Out in Tech | Career Talks

• Aug 20 Leading Through Crisis: How Leaders Can Cultivate a Culture of Care

• Aug 20 Juggling Code and Carpool: A Tech Mom’s Back-to-School Toolkit

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SPEAK

• Nov 13 - 15 CITIE 2024. Apply by Aug 15.

• Dec 17 - 20 The 33rd IEEE Asian Test Symposium (ATS 2024). Apply by Aug 15.

• Aug 28 Windy City DevFest 2024. Apply by Aug 16.

Have a CFP to share in our newsletter? Add it here!

RESOURCES

📚 Responsible Tech Summer Reading List 2024

⌨️ Learn what's new in React 19 with Lydia Hallie

✍️ How to Start Writing for freeCodeCamp? Your Starter Guide

💫 Make your own luck: do this to stand out in a crowded industry

🤖 Build your own Small Language Models with Arcee.AI  #sponsor 

COMMUNITY CORNER

Black Python Devs Open Source Program is a 2-months initiative designed to empower Black Python techies by providing them with the skills, mentorship, and opportunities to contribute to open-source projects. They are looking for mentors. Apply to be a mentor!

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CELEBRATIONS

• Sy Brand’s new book, Building a Debugger, will be out next year! Preorders are live now, and the first ten chapters are available on early access.

• In less than 3 weeks, more than 3300 people are enrolled in Machine Learning Fundamentals for Healthcare, a LinkedIn course by Wuraola Oyewusi

• Molly White released her latest project, Follow the Crypto. This website provides a real-time lens into the cryptocurrency industry’s efforts to influence 2024 elections in the United States.

• Ayodele Odubela has a new course out called Get responsible with AI: Auditing AI systems in Python