Oculus Is Hiring More Than 100 People Amid AR Expansion

Jamie Feltham | UploadVR |26 October 2016

“With the full weight of Facebook behind it, Oculus is no stranger to hiring sprees. But the company is currently on one the likes of which we haven’t seen before.

The Oculus Rift maker has over 100 positions listed on its Careers page across a range of fields right now. 31 of these listings are for roles at Oculus Research, the Redmond-based division of the company dedicated to long-term study of the future of VR in all areas. Notable jobs include an ‘AR Incubation Lead‘ to head up a team that will “build AR technology that opens the path to everyday use for a billion people,” and a ‘Silicon Systems Architect‘ to “drive the development of our next-generation Si compute platform.”

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Want a sure-fire well-paid job? Train to fight computer hackers

Tim Johnson | The Seattle Times | 21 October 2016

“Want a career with zero chances of going jobless?

Try the booming field of cybersecurity. Companies can’t hire fast enough. In the United States, companies report 209,000 cybersecurity jobs that are in need of filling.

It’ll only get worse. By 2019, according to the Cybersecurity Jobs Report, the workforce shortfall may reach 1.5 million. Globally, the shortage could hit 6 million, it added.

“The internet is growing faster than the growth of people to protect it,” said Michael Kaiser, chief executive of the National Cyber Security Alliance.”

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GeekWork Picks: WhitePages seeks principal architect of data services as it continues to grow its engineering team

Clare McGrane | Geekwire | 21 October 2016

“WhitePages, a leading contact information resource for North America, is adding several members to its Seattle team.

One open position is the Principal Architect of Data Services, who will solve big data challenges every day in their mission to provide fast and low-latency search capabilities to users.

The principal architect will primarily work in back-end development and large distributed data storage systems.”

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See Whitepages job openings here.

 

Job recruiters work to woo UW computer-science students

Rachel Lerman | The Seattle Times | 21 October 2016

“Job seekers at the UW Computer Science and Engineering recruiting fair are confident they’ll find work. They’re more interested in whether they’ll find something they really like.”

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Seattle nonprofit seeks to help people with criminal records get jobs in tech

Nat Levy | GeekWire | 19 October 2016

“In the U.S., about two-thirds of all prison inmates will get arrested again within three years of their release, and a main reason for that is a lack of job prospects.

A Seattle-based startup called Unloop is working to change that.

Founded by David Almeida, who works in business strategy at Microsoft, and EnergySavvy Senior Engagement Manager Lindsey Wilson, the company runs the equivalent of coding bootcamps in jails to help inmates get on the path to employment in the tech industry upon their release. Unloop is a volunteer-led nonprofit with six board members and an instructor, but no formal employees.

Unloop is working on both sides — with prisons and tech companies — to build a bridge between two worlds that don’t often cross paths.”

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