Diversify Tech #407

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

In this week's issue,
💼 Movement Labs is looking for a Managing Director
📆 Rights x Tech is hosting a panel on Tech, Data & the Fight for Power
⭐️ What is the Atmosphere by Tierney Cyren

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JOBS

✅ = Hiring partners who have passed our vetting process

From our job board

• Managing Director, Movement Labs, Remote - United States, $200,000-$250,000

• Web Developer, Colorado Public Radio, Remote - Must be based in Denver by the time you start the job. $76,286-$101,641

From around the web

Data

• Data Scientist, Ad Network (global), beehiiv , Remote

• Data Analyst, Benchmark Analytics, Remote - US

• Data Scientist I / II, Character Biosciences, Remote - US

• Data Analyst II, Education Analytics,  Remote - Madison, WI

• Data Analyst, Fabric Health, Remote - US

• Data Scientist, Product, Givebutter, Remote; Austin, TX; Denver, CO; Indianapolis, IN; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA

• Data Scientist, Priorities USA, Remote - US

Design

• UX Designer, DealerOn, Remote - US

• Product Designer, Frontline Education, Remote - US

Software Engineering

• Software Engineer II, Backend (Streaming), Affirm, Remote - US

• Software Engineer, Frontline Education , Remote - US

• Backend Developer, Goldschmitt and Associates LLC (G&A), Remote

• Full Stack Developer, Liquidity Services, Remote - US

• Backend Engineer, MTA, Resend , Remote - US

• Software Engineer II, Tilt, Remote - US

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EVENTS

• Oct 9 - 15 Global Hack Week: Hacktoberfest, Online

• Oct 10 Day of Data Pittsburgh 2026, Homestead, PA

• Oct 11 - 13 THRIVE Conference, Dallas, TX

• Oct 14 Rights x Tech: Tech, Data & the Fight for Power, Online

• Oct 15 - 17 AISES National Conference, Portland, OR

• Oct 17 Data of Day Orlando 2026, Sanford, FL

• Oct 17 - 18 Circuit Breakers '26, New York City

• Oct 18 PyBay, San Francisco, CA

• Oct 20 Open Source Night, Atlanta, GA

• Oct 24 SQL Saturday Minnesota 2026, Saint Paul, MN

• Oct 26 - 29 JCON USA 2026 at IBM TechXchange, Atlanta, GA

• Oct 27 - 30 Grace Hopper Celebration 2026, Anaheim, CA

• Oct 29 Responsible Tech Summit 2026. From Principles to Power: Embedding Accountability in the AI Era, New York

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SPEAK

• Jun 6 - 11 AI Con USA in Seattle, WA, & Online. Apply by Oct 18.

• Apr 16 Digital Crafts Day in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany. Apply by Oct 31.

• Apr 1 - 4 SCaLE in Pasadena, CA. Apply by Nov 1.

• Feb 11 - Dec 16 Cloud Lunch and Learn Weekly Sessions 26 (Virtual). Apply by Dec 16.

• Jul 13 - Sep 14 Power Summit-2027 (Virtual). Apply by Dec 31.

• Jul 13 - 14 Power Summit-2027 (Virtual). Apply by Jan 1.

• Nov 12 - 13 Ubuntu Summit 26.10 (Virtual).

• Nov 24 - 27 BIG DATA CONFERENCE EUROPE 2026 in Online & Lithuana.

• Dec 7 - 10 ARCHCONF '26 in Clearwater, FL.

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ARTICLES

• How does Shazam work - Christophe read the research article written by Avery Li-Chun Wang, the confounder of Shazam, and he explains audio fingerprinting which is the magic behind Shazam.

• A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work: Sujith Jay Nair says that a big part of a staff engineer’s job in a platform team is to figure out what the team should build next. He talks about how to find the signals that can help you do the job.

• The two words the AI industry hates more than anything: Brian Merchant talks with computational linguist Emily M. Bender, co-author of the influential 2021 “stochastic parrots” paper, about why AI industry leaders can’t stop seething over the term.

• What is the Atmosphere: Tierney Cyren gives us an untech introduction to Atmosphere ecosystem.