Diversify Tech #409

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,
💼 Basta, Sanctuary Computer and Open Space Institute are hiring
📆 Global Hack Week is coming up in November
⭐️ Apocalypse Now and Then: Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination by Arundhati Roy

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JOBS

✅ = Hiring partners who have passed our vetting process

From our job board

• ✅ Tech Lead — Backend & Platform, Basta, Remote - Remote eligible, ability to travel to NYC 4–6 times/year required, $180,000-$220,000

• ✅ Head of Technology, Sanctuary Computer, Hybrid - New York, NY, $228,800-$308,800

• ✅ Senior Project Manager, Business Applications & Solutions, Open Space Institute, Inc., Hybrid - New York, NY, $115,000-$120,000

• ✅ 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.

From around the web

Data

• Technical Project Manager - Machine Learning & Data Science, Cadmus, Remote - US

• Data Analyst (100% Remote), ClearCaptions, Remote - US

• Full-Stack Web Developer, Ivanti, United States, Remote

• Data Analyst (Contract), Sound Physicians, Remote

• Data Analytics Subject Matter Expert, Springboard, Remote (U.S.) / Contract, Part-Time

• Data Scientist, SYSO Technologies, Remote - US

• Associate Data Scientist, Westport Properties, Inc., Remote - US

Design

• Product Designer, Vitality, Remote

Software Engineering

• Software Engineer II, Fullstack (Ads Platform), Affirm, Remote - US

• Software Engineer II, Fullstack (App Experience), Affirm, Remote - US

• Full Stack Developer, Cadmus, Remote - US

• Software Engineer II, GridPoint , Remote - US

• Software Engineer II , MEM , Remote - US

• Full Stack Developer, Purdue Information Technology, Remote - US

• Software Engineer (Remote - US), TixTrack, Remote - US

• Backend Software Engineer II- Data Platform, Vida, Remote - US

• Software Developer (Back End), Virtual Technologies Group, Remote - US East Coast

• Full Stack Engineer, WellTheory, Remote - US

• Software Engineer - Implementations, WellTheory , Remote - US

Other roles

• IT Support Specialist, 6sense, United States, Remote

• Infrastructure Engineer, Tailscale, Remote (United States)

• Enterprise Sales 1 - Providers (East), Qualtrics, United States (Remote)

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EVENTS

• Oct 23 Pacing Yourself at the Speed of AI: An Engineer’s Approach to Career Longevity and Curiosity

• 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

• Nov 2 - Oct 4 AI DevCon NYC, Brooklyn, NY; Online

• Nov 2 OSA CON 2026, San Francisco; Online

• Nov 5 Is AI Inevitable? Insight from Hypecel vs. Technoskepticist Perspectives, Michigan/Online

• Nov 6 - 12 Global Hack Week: Builders Week, Online

• Nov 9 - 10 LeadDev Berlin 2026, Berlin

• Nov 9 - 10 Gerrit User Summit 2026, Sunnyvale, CA

• Nov 11 The Cost of Good Enough, Atlanta

• Nov 16 - 19 Agile Testing Days 2026, Potsdam, Germany + Online

Have a free or low-cost tech event to share in our newsletter? Add it here!

SPEAK

• 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.

• Mar 8 - 12 FABCON & SQLCON United States 2027 in Atlanta, GA. Apply by Nov 22.

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

• Apr 1 - 2 PlanetNix 2027 in Pasadena, CA. Apply by Dec 23.

• Mar 20 BSides Rocket City United States 2027 in Huntsville, AL. Apply by Dec 31.

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

• Apr 27 - 28 DevOpsDays Raleigh United States 2027 in Raleigh, NC. Apply by Jan 1.

• Jun 11 PG DATA United States 2027 in Chicago, IL. Apply by Jan 11.

• Mar 20 Day of Data Richmond United States 2027 in Richmond, VA. Apply by Jan 15.

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

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

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

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RESOURCES

• Apocalypse Now and Then: Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination by Arundhati Roy

• The Future of CSS: My top 10 picks for Interop 2027 by Josh

  WComeau

• Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: Why caring about your people doesn't automatically make you a good manager by Emma Bostian

• Design Overtime: The Cost of Caring: Accessibility, Burnout, and Finding Yourself Again (with Anna E. Cook)