Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ). Below is this week’s edition; it’s meant to live in your inbox. Sign up for the newsletter here.
On Oct. 21, 1879, Thomas Edison tested a lightbulb that burned for more than 12 hours — a moment we now celebrate as a breakthrough in modern technology. But the story didn’t end there.
To make electric light practical for everyday life, inventor and draftsman Lewis Howard Latimer, born to parents who escaped slavery, refined the carbon filament, allowing bulbs to last longer and be manufactured more efficiently.
Latimer’s innovation helped make the lightbulb better and more affordable. His work reminds us that behind every great idea, there are those who improve and adapt it.
Whether you’re solving a tricky engineering problem or mentoring the next generation of tech talent, it’s often as much about the refinement as the revelation.
The News
What is US-East-1? Why AWS Northern Virginia server issues took down half the internet.
At Penn Engineering, researchers are building energy-efficient displays and light-powered chips that could transform how we compute and communicate.
How 19 US Tech Hubs are competing for their share of $220M in EDA grants.
Eliza Erickson is working to make public services simpler, faster and easier for residents to navigate, from Philadelphia to across Pennsylvania.
Americans are starting more high-growth businesses than ever before (again).
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The Jobs
Greater Philly
- Comcast is hiring a Sr. Software Development Lead- MuleSoft.
- Susquehanna needs a Database Administrator and a Threat and Vulnerability Engineer.
- Motion Recruitment is hiring a Software Architect.
- Doordash has an opening for a Sr. Applications Engineer.
- University of Pennsylvania is seeking a Senior IT Director, Innovation & AI, Wharton Computing.
DC + Maryland
- Capital One in McLean is hiring a Manager, Cyber Technical.
- BAE Systems, Inc. in Falls Church is seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer.
- Scale AI has a listing for an Engineering Manager, Public Sector.
- Peregrine is looking for a Staff Software Engineer.
- Booz Allen is hiring a Full Stack Software Engineer.
Pittsburgh
- Gusto is hiring a Principal Software Engineer – Payroll.
- CGI is seeking a Java Tech Lead – with UI.
- Tata Consultancy Services needs a Technical Architect.
- Google has a listing for a Senior Product Manager, Core Experience.
- PNC has a listing for a Software Security Specialist Sr – Application Security.
Remote
- 8am has a listing for a remote Full-Stack Software Engineer.
- Cybercoders is looking for a remote Lead Engineer – Health Tech.
- CapitalOne has a listing for remote Lead Software Engineer.
- Speechify is seeking a remote Tech Lead, Web Core Product & Chrome Extension.
The End
The next breakthrough could be yours. Keep working to improve and we’ll see you next week!
