This Week in Jobs: Start a new thread in your career with these 17 tech opportunities

Move over short-form video content. There’s a new platform in town.

Meta’s Threads hit the app store last week. The app, a text-based social media network similar to Twitter, is having tremendous growth. In less than a week, the app has over 100 million downloads.

And although the content on the site isn’t dramatically different from Twitter (yet), sometimes a change of venue is enough to cause a jolt of excitement.

Even if you haven’t hopped on the latest social media craze, we’ve got a whole thread of opportunities below. Scroll down to see this week’s news, opportunities and more.

The News

NERDiT Academy, a free workplace development training program, opened a new education space and repair shop in Wilmington.

Here’s why legislation to expand the definition of accredited investor matters for the entrepreneurship community, especially Black women in the startup ecosystem.

Welcome to the workplace, Gen Z! What does the youngest working generation expect from their future bosses?

What threat does AI pose, and why are Pennsylvania representatives proposing legislation to protect consumers?

The Jobs

Remote

• National education nonprofit NAF is hiring a Junior Full Stack Engineer.
• Private and government sector consultancy Coforma is seeking a Software Engineer.
• Social purpose corporation MovingWorlds is looking for a UX/UI Designer.

Philly + Delaware

• Comcast is searching for a Principal Penetration Tester (Comcast Cybersecurity) and Sr. Storage Engineer.
• Financial services firm Macquarie is on the lookout for a Scrum Master.
• Partner ecosystem platform Crossbeam is hiring a Marketing Events Manager.
• Come work at Wawa! The team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer and SAP Architect.

DC + Baltimore

• Data and AI startup RS21 is searching for a Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator to work with its Federal Government clients.
• Satellite service provider Intelsat is looking for a Principal Systems Engineer.
• Data science strategy company BlueLabs is seeking a Director of Data Science.

Pittsburgh

• PNC Financial Services is looking for a:
  • Infrastructure Engineer – Tempus (NetSuite)
  • Enterprise Infrastructure Manager Sr
  • Software Security Specialist Senior
• Carnegie Mellon University is on the lookout for a Systems Software Engineer.
• Language and education platform Duolingo is hiring a Staff AI Research Scientist.

The End

Hope you enjoyed our old-school thread. Have a great week!