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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.

Today is National Leave the Office Early Day, an annual holiday that sounds like a walkout but is actually a call for self care.

Founded by employee productivity expert Laura Stack in 2004, when the flexibility of hybrid and remote work was much less common, it was part of a push toward increasing productivity by cutting back on long work hours, especially when they exceeded the 40 hour work week.

Sometimes, the wisdom said, the smartest productivity move is knowing when to close the laptop.

So in the spirit of the day, read these 25 jobs, send applications, forward listings, then perhaps log off and go outside.

The News

June’s tech community event calendar is more packed than a minivan heading to the beach —check out this roundup of 37 virtual and in-person gatherings and plan your month.

The legal experts at Ballard Spahr break down what founders need to know about working capital adjustments during M&A deals.

Fresh labor data complicates AI displacement fears, showing software roles grew over the past year even as entry-level workers face a tougher market and job titles keep shifting.

A robotics safety company added autonomous-vehicle software through a strategic acquisition, extending its reach into Pittsburgh and Boston talent networks.

A Carnegie Mellon spinout raised $40 million to expand its AI safety tools, with new funding aimed at go-to-market work, partnerships with major labs and team growth.

A longtime civic technologist described how design training, teaching and Philly government work shaped her public service journey into a statewide role focused on better online services.

An Ohio housing startup is entering western Pennsylvania with foundation backing, and its Pittsburgh expansion could bring local hiring once it starts acquiring homes.

Partner Spotlight

The finals for Nexus Louisiana’s DevDays challenge are happening on June 19 at the City Club of Baton Rouge. In this statewide innovation competition for Louisiana’s engineering, computer science and business students, teams of participants tackle real challenges sourced from industry partners across the state.

The latest challenge, focused on EdTech, tasks participants with designing an innovative digital solution that helps stakeholders identify where need, demand and opportunity intersect across Louisiana’s K-12 education system and use those insights to inform priorities and resource allocation.

Learn more and connect with Nexus here.

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The Jobs

Greater Philly

DC, Maryland + Virginia

Pittsburgh

Louisiana

Remote

The End

Here’s to leaving the office early (and landing something better).