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Student Edition Issue #144
Connecting underrepresented students in tech with career opportunities
Naya Moss
March 17, 2024
Hi! Welcome to Diversify Tech's Early Talent Edition. This newsletter is for underrepresented students in tech. Every Sunday, we share jobs, events, and other career opportunities
In this week's edition,
💼 Applications for Google Summer of Code are opening
⭐️ Our spotlight this week is on Fatima Sarah Khalid
👩💻 O'Reilly is offering scholarships
🏆 This month, share our newsletter with friends for a chance to win the book Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner
JOBS
Jobs found around the web
These companies have not been vetted. Please make sure to do your own research!
Software Engineering, Data, and Design Internship Opportunities for 2024 - Added new internships from Ballotpedia, Confluent, Convergent Research, CrowdStrike, Docker, Etsy, Fetch, Gametime United, Juvare, Paramount, Planet, Samsung Research America, Weber Shandwick, WilkinGuttenplan
Tech Apprenticeships and Opportunities for Non-Traditional Talent - Applications for Google Summer of Code open on March 18th
Front End Software Engineer at Nextiva, United States (Remote)
Software Engineer - FedRAMP SRE at Confluent, Remote
Software Engineer I, New Grad (2024) at Okta, Bellevue, WA
Software Engineer I, Backend (Card & Pay Later) at Affirm, Remote US
Test Engineer (Entry Level) at SRC, Inc., Syracuse, New York
Data Engineer at TOCA, Remote - Atlanta, GA
Entry Level Data Analyst at RippleMatch, Los Angeles, CA
Entry-Level Data Scientist at ON24, Remote- US
Data Scientist at Portfolio T, Remote US
Machine Learning Engineer - AIGC (Junior & New Grad) at NewsBreak, Bellevue, WA
Associate Product Manager (New Grad) at Samsara, Remote
Mid-Senior level roles
If you have a few years of experience already under your belt, our Professional edition will be most relevant to you! We send it every Tuesday. Join our Professional Edition.
SPOTLIGHT
Meet Fatima Sarah Khalid, a Developer Evangelist at GitLab. She specializes in CI/CD, community building, and evangelizing AI-powered workflows. She was recently recognized with the Top DevOps Evangelist of the Year award!
Fatima went to New York University where she studied Computer Science and Broadcast Journalism. After that, she worked at Microsoft Technology & Civic Engagement as a Civic Tech Fellow and Frontend Developer. She also worked for the City of Boston and Pantheon.
She is deeply passionate about open source and is committed to building more inclusive tech communities. She was a core contributor to Drupal. As part of the leadership team for the Drupal Diversity & Inclusion working group, she led initiatives to make the Drupal community a more inclusive tech space.
EVENTS
Mar 18 - 21 2024 GTC AI Conference
Mar 20 - 24 National Society of Black Engineers 2024 Annual Convention
Mar 27 - 30 Women of Power Summit
Mar 28 - 31 2024 TransTech Summit - Beyond The Code w/TransTech Social
RESOURCES
🚀 O'Reilly is offering 500 scholarships giving recipients full access to their learning platform to empower underrepresented talents in tech — apply by April 1, 2024.
⏰ The biggest CSS time hack!?!
🧾 Top 5 Simple Ways to Save Money on Your AWS Bill
💼 The Complete Roadmap to Get a Job in Tech in 2024
🤖 Dr. Brandeis Marshall talks about AI in the classroom, making assignments un-AI-able, data science, and the new digital AI divide.
WE’D LOVE YOUR SUPPORT!
We love sharing these opportunities with you each week. If you like our work and want to support us in continuing to spotlight opportunities for all, we would be incredibly thankful.
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