This Week in Jobs Philly: Have an Olympic week

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Trying to be like Simone (aka the best)

Last week, the 2020 Summer Olympics started in Tokyo (one year late, but is time even a thing anymore?). Events have already been won — and lost — and medals awarded, and the games will go on until Aug. 8.

Perhaps the best thing about the Olympics is a newfound, temporary obsession with an event that you only see every four years. Take speed walking (or as they officially call it, a “race walk”) for example. Who knew it’d be such a rush to watch globally ranked athletes do what the rest of us do every Monday when we’re running late to that morning meeting because the line at the local bagel shop was too long?

If the Olympics do anything for us spectators, it inspires greatness. Plus, these athletes have been training day in and day out for years and are just now getting the chance to stand on that celebratory podium. If that’s not a metaphor for how all of your hard work is going to shine through soon, we don’t know what is.

The News

Hear from Inspire’s senior manager of data engineering about why he chose to work at the clean energy tech company (and check out career opportunities there, too).

Have you heard of Ya Fav Trashman? Check out how you can enact some civil duty and tap into the tech-driven solution to citywide trash pickup delays from MilkCrate that he’s backing.

Award winning isn’t just for athletes. This acclaimed independent film is set on a shore in the First State and now streaming on Amazon Prime.

How’d Samirah Devaughn-Marshall get here? Following their heart, not the typical academic track.

The Jobs

• Go BTS at Perpay. The micro-lending software firm seeks an Operations Specialist.
• Be on brand for URBN:
  • Software Engineer for Customer Success
  • Microsoft Systems Engineer
  • Mobile QA Engineer
• Drop your pin at Azavea, which is seeking a People Operations Coordinator.
• Work at Crossbeam, recently crowned Tech Startup of the Year by the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology:
  • Senior Front End Engineer
  • Director of Revenue Operations
  • Site Reliability Engineer
• Rally the troops at healthcare IT company HealthVerity. They’re hiring a Recruiter.
• Maskar Design is seeking a WordPress Front-End Developer.
• Microsoft is opening up a few remote roles that let you stay in Philly while working for the tech giant. Best of both worlds, eh?
  • Modern Work Specialist
  • Executive Communications and Internal Events Lead
• Gopuff is ever expanding its menu (hello, Gopuff Kitchen) and its team. Be the unicorn company’s Marketing Manager.

Stick the landing, but on your couch. These fully remote jobs are looking:

• VP of Sales and Customer Success at QuotaPath
• Senior Front-End Engineer at The Washington Post
• Front-End Developer at Flightradar24

The End

Does getting up to refill the chip bowl while watching the Olympics count as a workout? We’ll let you know next week.