Part of the WTIA’s mission is to grow a strong and sustainable workforce, which means we’re passionate about keeping local talent plugged into our state’s technology industry. In addition to our job board, every Wednesday we’ll be keeping you connected to Washington’s job market with the latest in local hiring news.

CardTapp Raises $1.9M to Replace Business Cards with Personalized Apps

GeekWire | Jacob Demmitt | Dec 1

http://www.geekwire.com/2015/cardtapp-raises-1-9m-to-replace-business-cards-with-personalized-apps/

“CardTapp CEO Ben Brashen says about 7,000 people are now using one of the company’s apps, up from about 2,900 at this time last year. The company has 48 employees and plans to use the money to grow above to about 100 by next year.”

Latest Job Postings at CardTapp

Seattle Tech Boom Creates Next-Generation, Culture-Focused Campuses

ReBusiness Online | Nellie Day | Dec 1

http://rebusinessonline.com/seattle-tech-boom-creates-next-generation-culture-focused-campuses/

“Developers are doing everything they can to make their projects attractive to corporations and their brokers as competition in Seattle continues to increase for high-growth tech tenants. And they’re doing it with good reason: Seattle was recently ranked the No. 1 city in the country for technology jobs. Seattle’s tech industry has grown by 12 percent over the past two years, according to Forbes, outpacing Silicon Valley, Boston and other tech markets. Experts point to a diverse local economy – Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing – and more-affordable housing that, together, enabled Seattle to fare better than other technology hubs.”

U.S. Hot Spots for Biotech Jobs

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | Alex Philippidis | Nov 30

http://www.genengnews.com/insight-and-intelligence/u-s-hot-spots-for-biotech-jobs/77900569/

“This year the Seattle area saw some better news, a lot of it generated by Juno Therapeutics. The immunotherapy developer began planning a manufacturing site in Bothell set to employ 40 when it opens next year. Juno also launched collaborations with Celgene (for up to $1 billion), as well as Editas Medicine and MedImmune, bought Stage Cell Therapeutics and settled a legal wrangle with Novartis over ownership of CAR technology. Seattle Genetics recruited candidates for 100 new jobs this spring. And Adaptive Biotechnologies hired about 20 for a new therapeutics unit, with plans to add 30 more by next year, after winning $195 million in private financing in May.

Latest Local Job Postings at Juno Therapeutics

Latest Local Job Postings at Seattle Genetics

Latest Local Job Postings at Adaptive Biotechnologies

Cybersecurity Professionals: The Healthcare Industry Needs You

TechRepublic | Michael Kassner | Nov 28

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/cybersecurity-professionals-the-healthcare-industry-needs-you/

“The additional training needed to meet cybersecurity job prerequisites, but not directly-related to IT, begins to explain the lack of qualified professionals and why it takes longer to fill cybersecurity positions when compared to other IT jobs. However, for interested individuals, there is some incentive. The Burning Glass report mentions, “It’s bad for employers but good news for cybersecurity workers, who can command an average salary premium of nearly $6,500 per year, or 9% more than other IT workers.””

IBM Designs New Product Development Strategy

Seattle Times | Steve Lohr | Nov 27

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/ibms-design-centered-strategy-to-set-free-the-squares/

“Since the program began in August 2012, IBM has hired several hundred designers, about two-thirds of them freshly minted college graduates and a third experienced designers. By the end of this year, IBM plans to have 1,100 designers working throughout the company, on the way to 1,500. They are embedded in IBM product teams and work alongside customers in the field or at one of 24 design studios around the world.”

Latest Job Postings at IBM

UW Medicine to Launch New Research Center Focusing on Immune Diseases

Puget Sound Business Journal | Annie Zak | Nov 25

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2015/11/uw-medicine-to-launch-new-researchcenter-focusing.html

“The center will also be used as a hub of research for scientists from outside of UW Medicine (for a yet-to-be-determined fee). UW Medicine has hired about five new researchers for the center and will hire more.”

Latest Local Job Postings at UW Medicine