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Diversify Tech #385
Connecting underrepresented people in tech to career opportunities
Veni Kunche
April 28, 2026
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,
💼 One Project and Perpay are hiring
📆 Black Code Collective is hosting a talk on how to play "The Tech Game" with Kelsey Hightower
⭐️ Ky Decker on quitting their job, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal
Cheers,
Veni Kunche
JOBS
✅ = Hiring partners who have passed our vetting process
From our job board
✅ Product Engineer, One Project, Remote - USA, East Coast time zone strongly preferred, $175,000-$200,000
✅ Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack, Perpay, Philadelphia, PA, USA, $160,000-$200,000
Staff Software Engineer, ActBlue, Remote - Must be located within the United States, $191,681-$241,452
✅ AI Science Advisor (California Department of Technology / Governor's Office of Emergency Services), California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), Remote - Anywhere, $190,000-$220,000
From around the web
Data
Data Scientist - Production Engineering, Cordial, Remote - US
Machine Learning Engineer, Customer Support Engineering, Airbnb, Remote-USA
Design
Product Designer (Contract), Epic Kids Inc., Remote
UX Designer, RegScale, Remote
Software Engineering
Infrastructure Software Engineer II, BNSF Railway, Remote - US
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Cayuse, Remote
Software Engineer II (ML Feature Platform), Affirm, Remote - US
Information Technology
Support Engineer, Aerospike, Remote, USA
Technical Support Engineer - West, Tines, North America (Remote)
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EVENTS
May 2 SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2026 (#1128), Jacksonville, FL
May 6 "The Tech Game" with Kelsey Hightower, Online
May 11 - 13 Code Remix, Miami
May 13 - 14 Agile Manchester 2026, Manchester
May 13 - 19 PyCon US 2026, Long Beach, CA
May 14 AI, ML and Computer Vision Meetup, Online
May 18 - Apr 21 Image Processing Data Carpentry Workshop, Madison, WI
May 19 - 26 The Premier PHP Conference of 2026, Chicago
May 19 - 22 PGConf.dev 2026, Vancouver, BC, Canada
May 19 Designing Intelligent Systems: Accessible AI & Real-World Architecture, Atlanta, GA
May 20 Code Reading Club, Atlanta, GA
Have a free or low-cost tech event to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
SPEAK
Sep 3 - 4 The Commit Your Code Conference 2026! in Dallas, TX. Apply by Apr 30.
Jun 2 Gusto's NYC Lightning Talks from Women & Non-binary folks in Tech, June 22 in NYC and online. Apply by Apr 30.
May 13 - 14 Apidays New York in New York, NY. Apply by May 12.
May 18 - 19 TechEx North America in San Jose, CA. Apply by May 17.
Oct 1 Open Tech Day 2026 in Nuremberg, Germany. Apply by May 31.
Nov 3 - 24 XtremeJS-2026 (Virtual). Apply by Jul 10.
May 27 JNation 2026 in Coimbra, Portugal.
Jun 12 - 16 React Summit in Amsterdam.
Have a CFP to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
ARTICLES & RESOURCES
The Recurse Center
A free, self-directed programming retreat (6 or 12 weeks, in NYC or remote) where you work on projects with a supportive community of peers. The retreat is for you if you're ready to work at the edge of your abilities, develop your volitional muscles, and learn generously.
Just Tech Fellowship
The Social Science Research Council invites proposals from researchers working at the intersection of technology and society for the Just Tech Fellowship. Apply by June 28th.
Do I Belong in Tech Anymore?
Ky Decker reflects on quitting their job, the psychic toll of pervasive AI adoption in the workplace, and mourning the loss of ideals in the tech industry.
How to Handle Stripe Webhooks Reliably with Background Jobs
Magnus Rødseth explains how to build durable webhook handlers that split post-payment logic into individually checkpointed, retried steps using Inngest.
Make Bento Grids with grid-template-areas
Jessica demonstrates how to use the CSS grid-template-areas property to create bento grid layouts for your web projects.
Claude-Powered AI Coding Agent Deletes Entire Company Database in 9 Seconds
Mark Tyson reports on how a Cursor AI agent running Claude Opus 4.6 deleted a company's production database and all backups in a single API call, wiping months of business data.
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