This Week in Jobs: The mother of all career roundups with 26 tech opportunities
Mother's Day is this coming Sunday — and this year happens to be the 100th anniversary of a notable Mother's Day in history.
Often considered a commercial 'Hallmark holiday,' Mother's Day was not, in fact, invented by the greeting card company, or the floral industry that does about a quarter of its business for the year on the day. It was first started in the US by a woman named Julia Ward Howe, whose precursor to modern Mother's Day, 'Mothers' Peace Day,' was created in the 1870s as an anti-war holiday.
In 1908, a woman's activist named Anna Jarvis held the first organized Mother's Day celebration in honor of her own late mother, also an activist, in Philadelphia in 1908. It became a national holiday in 1914.
Jarvis was far from a greedy company profiting from Mother's Day — in fact, by 1922, she was boycotting floral companies for raising the price of carnations in May.
Then, on Mother's Day 1925, Jarvis crashed a convention of the American War Mothers, protesting what she saw as exploitation of the holiday to make money.
Needless to say, Jarvis lost the war against commercializing the holiday. Whether it's a holiday you observe or not, it's a good day to remember that not everything is as it seems.
In the meantime, check out this week's job listings below.
The News
If you want to make connections in your local tech community, you'll want to know these folks — Technical.ly's 2025 RealLIST Connectors for Philly, DC, Baltimore and Pittsburgh are out now.
Philly Tech Week is here! But that's not the only community event this month — check out this roundup of virtual and in-person gatherings across the mid-Atlantic and keep busy all May.
Speaking of Philly Tech Week, here are some of the fantastic folks you can expect to meet at the Technical.ly Builders Conference on May 8-9.
Learn how AI is both wiping out and creating jobs in Pittsburgh.
Don't park in the bus lane: SEPTA and the Philadelphia Parking Authority are adopting AI to enforce parking regulations in the city.
Immigrant entrepreneurs and workers in the mid-Atlantic discuss how things are going for them in 2025.
Join the University of Pennsylvania tomorrow, Wednesday May 7, for a panel discussion exploring the balance between AI advancements and responsible development.
Client Spotlight
Step into Perpay's Center City Philadelphia office and experience a space designed for comfort and collaboration.
With floor-to-ceiling windows, cozy meeting rooms, and a chef's kitchen stocked with daily breakfasts and weekly catered lunches, Perpay makes it easy to spend your day there.
Learn more about Perpay's culture and explore career opportunities.
The Jobs
Greater Philly
Vanguard has several new listings:
Machine Learning Engineer
Public Relations Consultant, Senior Specialist
Senior Data Analyst – Python, SQL & Tableau
Lead Data Analyst – Python, SQL & Tableau
Senior Front-End Developer – GenAI
Brooksource needs a Junior Data Engineer and a Business Analyst.
Comcast is seeking a Full Stack Developer (React/Django).
Forbes Advisor is looking for an SEO Director.
The City of Philadelphia is hiring a Help Desk Analyst.
DC + Baltimore
PRS Guitars is looking for a Creative Project Coordinator.
T-Mobile needs a Graphic Designer.
Environmental Working Group has a listing for a Digital Marketing Copywriter.
IKEA needs a Local Marketing Specialist in Baltimore.
Under Armor is hiring a hybrid Presentation Designer.
Pittsburgh
Grey Swan AI wants a new Operations Manager.
PNC needs a Software Engineer.
Oculus VR is seeking a Unity Software Engineer
iHeartMedia has an opening for a Regional Engineer.
Aurora is hiring a Software Engineer II.
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