- Diversify Tech - Professional Edition
- Posts
- Diversify Tech #408
Diversify Tech #408
Connecting underrepresented people in tech to career opportunities
Veni Kunche
October 14, 2026
In partnership with
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,
💼 Perpay and Imagine Pediatrics are hiring
📆 Recently, Professor Ruha Benjamin’s keynote was censored at a conference. She is presenting her talk this Saturday.
Our newsletter is made possible by readers like you. Help us stay sustainable:
🙏 Make a one-time or monthly contribution
💼 Post a job to reach 20K professionals in tech
📣 Share the newsletter with your friends
Cheers,
Veni Kunche
Sponsored by Proton
Privacy-first email. Built for real protection.
Proton Mail offers what others won’t:
End-to-end encryption by default
Zero access to your data
Open-source and independently audited
Based in Switzerland with strong privacy laws
Free to start, no ads
We don’t scan your emails. We don’t sell your data. And we don’t make you dig through settings to find basic security. Proton is built for people who want control, not compromise.
Simple, secure, and free.
JOBS
✅ = Hiring partners who have passed our vetting process
From our job board
Managing Director, Movement Labs, Remote - US, $200,000-$250,000
✅ Mid-Level Software Engineer, Perpay, Philadelphia, PA, USA, $110,000-$150,000
✅ Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack/Frontend/Backend, Perpay, Philadelphia, PA, USA, $160,000-$220,000
Principal Software Engineer, Imagine Pediatrics, Remote - United States, $200,000-$220,000
Staff Software Engineer, Imagine Pediatrics, Remote - United States, $180,000-$200,000
From around the web
Data
Data Scientist I, CareSource, Remote - US
Business Intelligence Analyst, Fetch, Remote
Data Analyst, Growth Marketing, Rocket Money, Remote - US
Data Engineer, Samsara, Remote - US
Data Scientist, Zest AI, Remote
Design
Product Designer, point.me, Remote - US
Product Designer, RXNT, Remote - US
Software Engineering
Software Engineer (MANTL), Alkami , Remote - US
Backend Software Engineer, Atlassian, Remote - US
Software Engineer, Developer Tools, Resend , Remote - US
Full Stack Engineer, Autopilot, Rocket Money, Remote - US
Software Engineer, Design Systems, Rocket Money, Remote - US
Software Engineer in Test, VivoSense, Remote - US
Have any jobs you’d like us to share in our newsletter? Post here!
Looking for internships and entry-level roles?
Our Early-talent newsletter will be most relevant to you! We share entry-level roles, internships and apprenticeships every Sunday.
Join our Early Talent Newsletter!
EVENTS
Oct 15 - 17 AISES National Conference, Portland, OR
Oct 17 A People's Academy — Thinking Freely Together with Ruha Benjamin
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 19 The People's AI Assembly, Online and NYC
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 29 Responsible Tech Summit 2026. From Principles to Power: Embedding Accountability in the AI Era, New York
Have a free or low-cost tech event to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
SPEAK
Jun 6 - 11 AI Con USA in Seattle, WA, & Online. Apply by Oct 18.
Mar 22 - 25 DrupalCon Orlando in Orlando, FL. Apply by Oct 20.
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.
Apr 1 - 4 Southern California Linux Expo SCaLE USA 2027 in Pasadena, CA. Apply by Nov 1.
Jun 14 - 16 ILA Women and Leadership Conference USA 2027 in St. Paul, MN. Apply by Nov 13.
Have a CFP to share in our newsletter? Add it here!
RESOURCES
Neurodiversity and UX: Essential Resources for Cognitive Accessibility by Stéphanie Walter: Guidelines to understand and design for Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Autism and ADHD.
These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI: Today the risks of artificial intelligence are clear but the warning signs have been there all along.
API Authentication & Authorization by Oluwaseyi Fatunmole: An Engineering Deep Dive into Mechanisms, Trade-offs, and Failure Modes
HTML Can Do That: HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This article lists dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML.