This Week in Jobs: Step into the future with these 20 tech career opportunities

This week we’re going back to the early 80s. On this day — June 24 —  in 1981, Microsoft quietly licensed a little operating system called MS-DOS to IBM. It wasn’t big news at the time, but it  would change the course of tech history.

MS-DOS, short for Microsoft Disk Operating System, was a text based OS. No graphics like the Windows or MacOS we know today (the first OS with graphics, FTR, was Windows 1.0, released in 1985). At the time of the deal, Microsoft didn’t actually own MS-DOS yet. Bill Gates and Paul Allen had bought an existing OS called QDOS (short for “Quick and Dirty Operating System”) from a small Seattle company, tweaked it, and renamed it MS-DOS.

With the 1981 agreement with IBM, Microsoft retained the licensing rights, meaning IBM would pay to use the software, but Microsoft could also sell it to other hardware makers. The rest is tech history.

A year later, on June 24, 1982, “Blade Runner” hit theaters, introducing us to a gritty, neon-lit future full of angst and flying cars. The real future was more tied to those little flashing cursors of MS-DOS, at least until generative AI broke in this decade, rewiring how we see science fiction from the past.

This week, we’re channeling the energy of quiet breakthroughs and choices that might not seem flashy now but could define your future career.

The News

What is equity crowdfunding, and what makes it beneficial for startup founders?

Would you take this bet? Technical.ly CEO Chris Wink and VC Brian Brackeen made a wager over whether there will be more software developers working next year — winner gets a cheesesteak.

A report from a California nonprofit found that a majority of workplaces do not have a mental health strategy.

Baltimore will keep the CIAA tournament through 2029, officials announced.

ARM Institute welcomed longtime Pittsburgh entrepreneur Jorgen Pedersen as its new CEO.

Pittsburgh food waste startup Clean Plate Innovations teased major deals with national chains.

Partner Spotlight

Everyone deserves a chance to improve their financial future.

Perpay is dedicated to building simple and inclusive financial products that help its members create healthy habits and achieve economic stability.

Learn more about the fintech company’s culture and career opportunities on Technical.ly, including Engineering Manager, Business Development Lead and more.

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The Jobs

Greater Philly

• Perpay is seeking an Engineering Manager.
• Capgemini is looking for a Connectivity & NW Engineer – Java Fullstack Engineer.
• Software company Certara is seeking a Senior Software Engineer.
• Kleer and Membersy is hiring a Director of IT.
• Susquehanna International Group in Bala Cynwyd  is looking for a Database Engineer to join its EOT Production Services Team.

DC + Baltimore

• BigBear.ai is looking for a Full Stack Developer.
• Peraton has a listing for a Senior Cloud Developer.
• Deloitte is seeking a Lead UX Product Designer.
• Brooksource needs a Linux Systems Administrator.
• DataAnnotation is looking for Data Engineers to help train AI models. 

Pittsburgh

• PNC needs a Machine Learning Analyst.
• Duolingo is seeking an Associate Creative Director.
• The Pittsburgh Steelers are hiring a Seasonal Creative Video Producer.
• Honeywell needs a hybrid Senior Advanced Data Scientist.
• Google has a listing for a Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud.

Remote

• Meta is seeking a remote Data Scientist, Product Analytics.
• LaunchDarkly in Herndon needs a remote Sr. Solutions Engineer (Public/Private Sector).
• Canonical is looking for a remote Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer.
• Crowdstrike is seeking East Coast remote Senior Engineers (Falcon NG-SIEM).
• Cherre has a listing for a remote Senior DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer.

The End

Remember: “The future is not set.”  We’ll see you next week!