Kirstie McDermott 
Coined in 2016, the term “new-collar job” has entered the lexicon alongside white-collar and blue-collar jobs to mean a role held by someone in the technology industry, and often someone who may not What has passed is a traditional educational path – such as cybersecurity analysts, application developers and cloud computing specialists.
Blue-collar roles are also on the rise: a recent study found that there are 32 million Americans without a college degree but who have the skills to move into higher-income jobs. In addition, Google search interest in the term “learn to code” was 292% higher in January 2022 than it has been in the past 10 years.
If you’re ready to make a career move now, then we’ve got three attractive vacancies for you below – plus many more to browse on our job board.
Senior Software Engineer (frontend-heavy), Indeed
Indeed, the world’s leading job board based in Boston, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the company’s First Conversations team. This is a working group that facilitates those crucial first contacts between employers and job seekers through the Indeed platform. Your scope of work will be full-stack but lean towards front-end engineering. Technical skills and experience with modern Javascript frameworks are ideally what Indeed is looking for.
This is an emerging company that actively recruits and rewards its employees: To join you must have a bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, mathematics, or an equivalent field, and five plus years of programming experience with at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, Typescript, Java or Python. Experience in building applications and new features using modern Javascript frameworks (e.g. React, Angular and Vue), Typescript, GraphQL and Java-based API endpoints is also a must.
If this sounds like your skillset, you can find out more about the Senior Software Engineer role and many more Indeed job openings on our job board.
Senior Software Engineer – SysOps, Intuit
Intuit specializes in financial software and is ranked #11 on Fortune’s list of 100 great places to work, recognizing it as a company that focuses on creating a great place to work for all of its employees. If this sounds good to you, then you may be interested in the Senior Software Engineer – SysOps role available in the company’s Texas City location.
You will spend around 70-85% of your time in this role programming, and you will also collect functional requirements, develop technical specifications, and do project and test planning. Designing/developing web, software, mobile apps, prototypes or proof of concept will be crucial as well as acting in a technical leadership role by mentoring junior engineers, new team members and applying technical expertise to challenging programming and design problems.
You are expected to have over eight years of web application and web service development experience and have a BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree or equivalent work experience. Knowledge of Javascript ES6, ESLint, HTML5, CSS3, Webpack, Babel and SASS is a must.
More information on the Senior Software Engineer – SysOps role is available, and to learn more about Intuit’s other open positions, visit our job board.
Senior Camera and Imaging Architect, NVIDIA
NVIDIA designs and sells graphics processing units (GPUs) for gaming, cryptocurrency mining, and professional applications, as well as chip systems for use in vehicles, robotics, and other tools. In 2021, it was ranked as the second best place to work in the United States, according to a ranking published by Glassdoor.
The company is growing rapidly in some of the hottest state-of-the-art areas like deep learning, AI, and autonomous vehicles. If you are a creative and autonomous architect with a genuine passion for imaging and ISP, you could be an excellent fit for the Senior Camera and Imaging Architect role in Santa Clara.
You will be responsible for working on the development of new architectures and algorithms for NVIDIA’s image signal processor (ISP) and other camera and image processing hardware. You will work with the other architects, ASIC design engineers and software engineers to study, analyze and implement the camera strategy for NVIDIA’s Tegra products.
To apply, you need a Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Digital Signal Processing, Mathematics or a related discipline (or equivalent experience), ideally with a focus on image processing, and more than eight years of experience in camera/imaging architecture and/or algorithms.
Interested? More about the Senior Camera and Imaging Architect role is available, and there are also many other open positions at NVIDIA on our job board.
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