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30 years ago, machine beat man.
It was Feb. 10, 1996, and IBM’s Deep Blue did something most people thought was still years away: It defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a regulation match.
Deep Blue was an early form of artificial intelligence designed solely for chess, and the win sparked unease. Kasparov was shaken, commentators were skeptical and the moment was far from a celebration as observers realized that — at least in some ways — computing power was catching up to human intuition.
The match didn’t signal a takeover of the machines. Kasparov ultimately still won the series. But it did mark a shift in how people thought about technology and was a step toward the generative, adaptable AI we know today.
That long-game mindset feels familiar in today’s job market. January tends to be about plans; February is when things start to move. This week’s listings reflect companies thinking a few moves ahead.
The News
Here are 10 ways a Geographic Information Systems master’s degree translates into real jobs.
Delaware taps local coding school grads to advance thousands of stalled unemployment claims.
A research job at Carnegie Mellon University led Cara Jones to her calling; now she’s using AI to fight human trafficking.
Pittsburgh’s Gather AI raises $40M Series B to hire and scale its warehouse drone platform.
Why this one Delaware address shows up 108 times in the Epstein files.
Partner Spotlight
Vanguard’s technical crew works on cloud-based applications and platforms to make the financial services firm more accessible to investors around the world.
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The Jobs
Greater Philly
- Perpay in Philadelphia is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend.
- FreedomPay in Philadelphia is hiring a hybrid Product Manager – Gateway.
- Emburse in Philadelphia is looking for a hybrid Director, Finance Business Systems.
- Pure Storage in Philadelphia is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, Commercial.
- Mthree in Wilmington is hiring a Junior Software Engineer.
DC, Maryland + Virginia
- Peregrine Technologies in DC is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning.
- Palantir Technologies in DC is hiring a Software Engineer – Defense Applications.
- Tenable in Columbia is looking for a hybrid UI Software Engineer.
- Virtru in DC is looking for a hybrid Federal Senior Software Engineer.
- Synergy ECP in Columbia is hiring a Mid-Level Software Engineer (ServiceNow required).
Pittsburgh
- Latitude AI in Pittsburgh is seeking a Software Engineer II, C++ Faults, Signals, and Modes.
- Stack AV in Pittsburgh is hiring an Enterprise Network Engineer.
- Lab37 in Pittsburgh is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer, Lab37.
- SoundStack in Pittsburgh is seeking a hybrid Systems Administrator.
- Waabi in Pittsburgh is hiring a hybrid Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Software (Sensors).
Remote
- Metabase is seeking a remote Software Engineer (Frontend).
- SpruceID is hiring a remote Full-Stack Software Engineer.
- The Athletic is looking for a remote Software Engineer, Fullstack.
- StackBlitz is seeking a remote Data Analyst.
- Grüns is hiring a remote UI/UX Designer.
The End
It’s your move.
