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Diversify Tech #401
Connecting underrepresented people in tech to career opportunities
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,
💼 Informed K12 is hiring for multiple roles
📆 Black Women in Data Summit is coming up in September
⭐️ Jorge Vergara shares how he copes with AI-driven development
Cheers,
Veni Kunche
JOBS
✅ = Hiring partners who have passed our vetting process
From our job board
Customer Success Manager, Informed K12, Remote - CA,TX, AZ, or in/near Phoenix, Denver, Seattle, Portland, or Las Vegas, $156,000-$185,000
Software Architect, Informed K12, Remote - US, $180,000-$226,000
Senior Software Engineer, Informed K12, Remote - US, $198,000-$216,000
✅ Technical Lead, TXI, Remote - Anywhere, $150,000-$195,000
✅ Senior Director of Engineering, New York City Campaign Finance Board, New York, NY, USA, $215,000-$235,000
IT Help Desk Technician II, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Remote - Anywhere, $34-$38
From around the web
Data Analyst, CodeVertex, Remote - US
Data Engineer, Daymark Health, Remote - US
Data Engineer II, Splice, Remote - U.S.
Data Scientist - Trust & Safety (Remote), Rula, Remote - US
Data Scientist, Full Stack, SentiLink, Remote - US
Data Scientist, Broadcast, Zoomph, Remote - US
Machine Learning Engineer II (Underwriting ML), Affirm, Remote US
Product Designer, Grid Status, Remote - US
Software Engineer (Front End), Aditude, Remote - US
Full Stack Software Developer, AmeriSave Mortgage Corporation, Remote - US
Software Engineer - SRE, Retail & Pharmacy, CVS Health, Remote
Framework Software Engineer, ExtraHop, Remote; Seattle, WA
Cloud Security Software Engineer, First Due, Remote - US Only
Full Stack Engineer at Grid Status, Grid Status , Remote - US
Site Reliability Engineer II, Instacart, Remote - US
Full-Stack Engineer, Kindred , Remote - US
Software Engineer 2 - RCM (Remote), Rula, Remote
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CELEBRATE
Meka Egwuekwe, co-founder and CEO of CodeCrew, is celebrating receiving a $1M gift for Computer Science education efforts. This will help fund CodeCrew's new national headquarters at Northside Square in Memphis.
Wuraola Oyewusi is celebrating over 300,000 enrollments across her 16 LinkedIn Learning courses.
Wayne Jones will be speaking at the Commit Your Code conference on UI Testing and how to design your test suite.
Ceora Ford, after working in tech for over 5 years, is going back to college to get her Computer Science degree!
Maya Bello’s app, Side Quest Slayer, is officially in the App Store! You can download the app here!
Congratulations to everyone on these incredible wins!
EVENTS
Aug 25 Context Is Everything: Building Agents in Copilot That Know Your Work Context, Online
Aug 27 - 30 Ruby for Good, Mercersville, MD
Sep 3 - 4 Commit Your Code 26, Plano, TX
Sep 8 - 11 RustConf, Online
Sep 9 AI Identity to Impact Learning Institute, Online
Sep 15 - 16 LDX3 New York 2026, New York
Sep 16 - 17 The Next Wave: AI & Emerging Tech Shaping Tomorrow, Online
Sep 18 - 20 Black Women in Data Summit 2026, Atlanta, GA
Have a free or low-cost tech event to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
SPEAK
Sep 10 Conf42 Observability 2026 (Virtual). Apply by Aug 27.
Apr 25 - 30 STAREAST in Orlando, FL. Apply by Sep 6.
Sep 24 Conf42 AI Agents 2026 (Virtual). Apply by Sep 10.
Oct 2 - 3 BSides Bloomington 2026 in Bloomington, IN. Apply by Sep 15.
Oct 29 Conf42 Prompt Engineering 2026 (Virtual). Apply by Sep 28.
Sep 16 - 17 DC State of the Stack 2026 in Washington, DC.
Nov 24 - 27 Big Data Conference Europe 2026 in Lithuana.
Have a CFP to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
RESOURCES
Undo anything in Git: reset vs revert, explained: Jessica Temporal walks through how to undo any commit in Git with reset, revert, and reflog without losing your work, covering when to use each command.
HTTP vs HTTPS Explained: When a browser sends a request to a server over HTTP, the request travels in plain text. An attacker can intercept it and even alter the response before it reaches the browser. HTTP does not protect privacy, verify identity, or ensure data integrity. HTTPS solves these problems.
The Mindset of Data Architect: Baraa goes over the role, the money, the decisions you can't undo, and how to start thinking like a Data Architect before you have the title.
Coping with AI-driven development: Jorge Vergara talks about how he is coping with the rise of AI in software development, what he hope works, what doesn’t, dealing with increased expectations, verifying its output, and exercising your brain.
The cost of misdiagnosing a performance problem: Kelly Vaughn reflects on a past incident where she realized that effort and skill can't make up for a missing "why"
