
Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ). Below is this week’s edition; it’s meant to live in your inbox. Sign up for the newsletter here.
The most famous Jobs in tech was born on this day in 1955.
Apple cofounder and tech visionary Steve Jobs helped usher in personal computing and the smartphone era, creating shifts that changed how we live and work. And with every technological leap, the labor market reshapes along with it.
Roles like UX researchers, Cloud architects and DevOps engineers, positions that didn’t exist a generation ago, are now foundational.
That’s how tech goes: innovation creates industries, and industries create jobs.
Below are a few shaping whatever comes next.
The News
Catalent is laying off at least 96 workers in Maryland, extending a multi-round downsizing story.
A Morgan State alum shares how a viral LinkedIn moment and a bootcamp helped him land classified government work.
Schools and employers need to move faster on training, this author argues, because the quantum talent gap is already showing up in today’s workforce needs.
City Cast Pittsburgh and Technical.ly unpack why Pennsylvania is a hotspot and what’s at stake in the data center debate.
A Philly startup turns complex federal repayment rules into employer perks, spotlighting retention-minded student loan benefits as a competitive hiring tool (and it’s hiring for a remote Account Executive too).
Learn how advancements in precision medicine are helping personalized treatments scale and go to market.
Partner Spotlight
Clerri builds tools that support dental practice growth and patient engagement.
Its platform increases access to care by integrating with existing practice management software to streamline membership plans, and uses AI and data analytics to showcase the tangible impact of memberships for providers and patients.
Learn more about Clerri’s culture and explore open roles here.

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The Jobs
Greater Philly
- CubeSmart in Malvern is seeking a Senior Data Engineer.
- FreedomPay in Philadelphia is hiring an Associate Systems Administrator.
- Insomnia Cookies in Philadelphia is looking for an IT Operations Manager.
- GuidePoint Security in Philadelphia is seeking a hybrid Security Analyst.
- Centuria in Philadelphia is hiring a Information System Security Engineer III.
DC, Maryland + Virginia
- Helsing in DC is seeking a Software Engineer – Infrastructure.
- A-TEK in Rockville is hiring a Senior Data Engineer (AWS & Azure).
- Black Canyon Consulting in Bethesda is looking for a Cloud Engineer.
- Anthropic in DC is seeking a hybrid Software Engineer, Public Sector.
- Contact Government Services in Baltimore is hiring a hybrid Data Engineer.
Pittsburgh
- Govini in Pittsburgh is seeking a Software Engineer.
- Efficient Computer in Pittsburgh is hiring a Lead Software Optimization Engineer.
- SoundStack in Pittsburgh is looking for a hybrid Systems Administrator.
- Waabi in Pittsburgh is seeking a hybrid Software Engineer, Perception and Prediction Evaluation.
- Woolpert in Pittsburgh is hiring a hybrid Senior Software Engineer.
Louisiana
- Alarm.com in Shreveport is seeking a Technical Support Associate.
- Saronic in New Orleans is seeking a Hardware Engineer – New Orleans.
- Hut 8 in Baton Rouge is hiring an Associate, Project Engineer.
- Speechify in New Orleans is looking for a Software Engineer, Platform.
- SunSource in Baton Rouge is hiring an Application Engineer – Inside Sales Technical Support – Fluid Process Industrial Supply.
Remote
- SpruceID is seeking a remote Full-Stack Software Engineer.
- The Athletic is hiring a remote Software Engineer, Fullstack.
- Espresso Systems is looking for a remote DevOps Engineer.
- Subsplash is seeking a remote Security Engineer II.
- Openly is hiring a remote Backend Engineer II.
- PeopleJoy is seeking a remote Account Executive.
The End
That’s it for this week’s jobs (with a small j).