This Week in Jobs: Calendars will save us

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It’s Tuesday! Yes, days of the week are still a thing, and we hope TWIJ is serving as a humble timekeeper. It’s your weekly chance to check out the freshest tech jobs delivered right to you, and it’s important to stick to a schedule for activities you enjoy.

For example: Pittsburgh Dad is still at it, dropping a new video to make sure people warsh their hands and stay in the hahs. It’s not surprising though — he wasn’t slowed down by the “Man Flu” in 2017 (or the Steelers’ loss last December) either.

Also hopefully you’re taking some time to appreciate the constant things, like dependable trash collection and cherry blossoms. There are some schedules that just shouldn’t be interrupted.

Speaking of which, let’s get down to this week’s business.

The News

Remember 2019? Well, turns out it was an incredible year for Pittsburgh startups, according to a report from Innovation Works and Ernst & Young. A total of 139 startups saw almost $3 billion in investment last year, a fivefold increase from 2018.

That kind of news is all the more reason that local founders can’t let the coronavirus pandemic take all the wind from their sails. Starting Thursday, a weekly series of virtual sessions organized by Kit Mueller looks to bring together local VC funders and Pittsburgh-based founders to get a grasp of conditions on the ground and how startups should be positioning themselves in the near and long term.

Volunteers continue to come out to support the relief effort, including those from the tech community:

• 412 Food Rescue developed a virtual volunteer option and reported that 86 new volunteers have completed a food supply run for them since March 9.
• Duolingo on Thursday launched a free app to help kids with reading and writing.
• Duolingo also partnered with the Pittsburgh Penguins to donate 35 laptops to a local nonprofit.

Lastly, if you’re an HR professional looking for a little guidance or support on how to manage a workforce in these times (or just someone curious how growth-stage tech companies are reacting to COVID-19), check out this recap of a Technical.ly webinar last week that covered some good tips and important considerations on how to navigate this shifting landscape.

The Jobs

• If you can’t wait for Opening Day of baseball to open, sportstech startup Diamond Kinetics needs a Senior Senior Manager of e-Commerce to help grow their motion-sensor-based tech business.
• Eastbound and down? Maven Machines is trying to load up on a DevOps Engineer to help transform the freight industry.
• Maybe the wonder of flight is more your speed. Near Earth Autonomy is surveying the landscape for a Full Stack Web Developer to help get autonomous flyers up and running.
• If database development is your specialty, get in early with VC-backed Bodo as a Software Engineer.
• Staffing specialist eNGINE is looking to add to its own team with a Software Team Lead.
• Head in the clouds? IT systems specialist Expedient is in need of a Technical Project Lead – Scrum Master.
• Also in the IT space, JH Technical Services is in the market for a Network Account Engineer to help diagnose and solve systems issues.
• Duolingo is looking for a Senior iOS Software Engineer that will work primarily in Objective-C and Swift.
• PNC is on the lookout for a Software Developer Associate to work in automation efforts.
• Listen up! Google needs a Technical Solutions Consultant for Audio News and Podcasts with a strong programming background.

Starting to enjoy the challenge of lighting yourself for Zoom meetings? These jobs are remote all year round:

• Packet Fabric is looking for a well-rounded Software Engineering Lead to help grow its network-as-a-service platform.
• Can you manage a small team of engineers? GrowFlow is in search of a Lead Full Stack Javascript .NET Developer.
• Rekordio is looking for a Hardcore React Native NodeJs Application Developer who’s been around the block a few times.

The End

That’s it for this week, we’ll be back next week and the week after that one.

As always, you can check out any openings from across the mid-Atlantic on Technical.ly’s jobs board any time and we’ll see you next week.