This Week in Jobs DMV: Spooktacular Edition

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Eyes on the Road

COVID-19 has put the kibosh on any number of haunted houses this Halloween season. But folks craving a scare can still get their scream on. Venues in Maryland and NoVa are offering drive-thru hauntings — a uniquely stressful affair that combines the thrill of being chased by chainsaw-wielding cannibal clowns with the anxiety of trying not to run anyone over.

Very similar to the kind of affair that combines the fear and potential awkwardness of interviewing over Zoom with the anxiety of the Wi-Fi cutting out, freezing on a frame of your face stuck in an unflattering expression. And it just sits there, endlessly, like a chainsaw-wielding career cannibal.

But let’s think positively, shall we? Onto the jobs!

The News

We put out the call, you answered. The 2020 Technical.ly Awards honored a half-dozen tech companies and organizations in Baltimore doing good work for the region. Honorees range from Johns Hopkins, whose COVID-19 dashboard fast became an indispensable resource amid the pandemic, to Hungry Harvest, fighting food waste and hunger. This is the dose of inspiration we’ve been looking for.

A good story is hard to beat. That’s why Acquired Data Solutions in Rockville, MD, has partnered with Edge of Yesterday Media to harness the power of storytelling to teach STEM. The team’s MASTERY program aims to teach young people tech skills through an interactive, narrative-driven platform.

A city on its own can’t stop COVID. What it can do, however, in addition to helping slow the spread, is make sure all its citizens can get the resources they need — and that includes digital resources. Digital Equity Coalition cofounder Adam Echelman is calling on Baltimore’s next mayor to close the digital divide, which means developing a long-term strategy to expand digital literacy, device and broadband access.

The Jobs

D.C.

• Go deep(er): Axios is hiring a Senior Mobile Engineer.
• Send me on my Ordway: The billing and finance platform is seeking a Product Manager.
• The World Bank is looking for an ET Consultant – Information Technology.
• Virtru, what happens when you suggest “Virtue” with a mouth full of soda and the name sticks, is hiring a Software Engineer.
• A D.C. company named The Goal — we love the confident type a little presumptuous about one’s career goals, no? — is looking for a Software Engineer.

Maryland

• The Baltimore City Office of Information & Technology is hiring a System Integration Developer.
• 14 West in Baltimore is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer.
• Bring your Moon Shoes: Leap Orbit is hiring a Senior Software Engineer.

Virginia

• Amazon Web Services in Arlington or Herndon is seeking a Software Development Engineer (Mid-Sr. Level).
• Quantitative Systems in Arlington is looking for a Software Engineer. Presumably one who can count.
• If you want to be more than just part of the system, Technicalink in Arlington is hiring a Systems Architect.

Remote

• Didilabs — a name we certainly had to read twice — is hiring a Remote Mobile Application Developer.
• It’s Axios again; this time hiring a Senior Mobile Engineer.
• MeetEdgar — I guess if I have to? — is looking for a Remote P T Full Stack Developer, which we assume means “part time.” Or P.T. Barnum and you’ll be running the circus.

The End

Both hauntings have posted “Monsters Wanted” signs. Scaring the pants off people does seem therapeutic.

Good luck out there on the job hunt!