8 Job Openings for Professionals Impacted by Recent Tech Layoffs
You thought 2023 was brutal? Think again. The number of techies laid off in January 2024 has surpassed last year’s count in the same month. While the firings continue unabated, there’s still hope as many companies are simultaneously looking to hire for the laid-off roles. A study by 365 DataScience revealed that 23.7% of the laid-off employees from Twitter were software engineers. The number increased to 28.8% for Amazon and 35.5% at Google – the highest among the big tech companies. Other tech roles to lose out were data scientists and analysts. Here are eight openings available for the role most affected by the ongoing tech layoffs. Boeing, Software Engineer (Mid-Level and Experienced) Boeing is seeking software engineers in Everett, WA, with over 5 years of experience in Java, C++, or Python software development. Additionally, 3+ years in embedded software development, verification, or certification is essential. Responsibilities will focus on avionics, cabin and network systems, common core systems, electronic subsystems, environmental controls, flight controls, or propulsion. Duties include documenting software requirements, architectures, and interfaces, and ensuring adherence to industry standards, Boeing requirements, and FAA regulations for software certification. The role demands 7-9 years of experience. Click here to apply. LinkedIn, Software Engineer – iOS Join LinkedIn’s team as an experienced iOS engineer focused on the profile completion track. Your role would involve enhancing LinkedIn’s profile experience by leading initiatives to elevate user experience and improve profile quality. The role will let you collaborate with 12 engineers, contributing to the Profile TopCard++ team and shaping LinkedIn’s profile experience. The opportunity has core features like TopCard, About Card, Highlights, Open To, Badges, and foundational elements, impacting LinkedIn’s profile evolution. The responsibilities span designing and implementing user-facing features for the iOS app, using cutting-edge technologies, and building scalable mobile apps. Click here to apply. US Bank, Senior Software Engineer – Full stack: Java, Spring Boot, React) This role entails analyzing, designing, testing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software experiences. The ideal candidate, with 5-6 years of experience, is a collaborator capable of working across teams and ensuring software artifacts align with the US Bank standards. Proficiency in the Agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles is essential. Key responsibilities include: Full-stack ownership. Crafting production-ready and testable code. Designing optimally while considering scalability, reliability, and performance. Click here to apply. eBay, MTS2, Software Engineer eBay is looking for a staff software engineer for its Member-to-Member communications group, focusing on enabling global email and chat communication among eBay users. In this role, you’ll contribute to large-scale applications, processing millions of transactions per minute. To qualify, you should bring over 10 years of experience in crafting and developing highly scalable distributed platforms, internet-scale web applications, and substantial hands-on expertise in Java/J2EE, SOAP, SOA services, design patterns, OOA/D, data structures, XML, REST, JSON, and Internet Protocols. A technical degree (BSCS, BSEE, MSEE, MSCS, PhD, or similar) is required, reflecting your background in software engineering. Click here to apply. Mastercard, Lead Software Engineer/Data Engineer As a lead site reliability/DevOps engineer within the Mastercard Data Platform and Engineering Service program, you’ll create data pipelines feeding into the Mastercard data warehouse. You would contribute to developing performance metrics, maintaining dashboards reflecting production system health, and introducing proactive monitoring approaches. Click here to apply. Snowflake, Senior Software Engineer – Telemetry Snowflake has an open position for senior software engineers based in San Mateo, CA. The role is focused on empowering Snowflake customers to harness time-series data, optimize alerts, and fine-tune notifications in their data pipelines. As a Senior Software Engineer at Snowflake, your responsibilities include addressing customer requirements and creating highly reliable software for the largest number of customers. The role involves analyzing fault-tolerance, availability, performance, and scale challenges. The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of industry experience in designing and building distributed data systems and a background in constructing enterprise-grade, reliable software or services. Proficiency in Java or C++ is essential. Click here to apply. AT&T, Lead Software Engineering, ServiceNow The Lead Software Engineer is important to advance ABS Procurement and Logistics by delivering ServiceNow solutions. This position entails end-to-end responsibilities, including design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of applications within the enterprise. Key responsibilities involve: Gathering and reviewing requirements. Estimating points. Collaborating with various application teams to create design and interface documents. The role includes supporting applications, solving configuration and environment issues, and overseeing the software deployment process. Click here to apply. Walmart, Software Engineer III Walmart has an opening for a Software Engineer specializing in iOS to join the Acquisition and Discovery Engineering team. In this role, as a Software Engineer focused on the iOS platform for the Item Page team. The ideal candidate brings at least three years of experience designing and developing software for the iOS platform and a broader frontend stack. Proficiency in mobile architecture is required. Debugging, production support skills, and experience monitoring mobile app performance are crucial. Familiarity with public cloud technologies is a plus. Click here to apply.
23.7% of the laid-off employees from Twitter were software engineers, 28.8% for Amazon and 35.5% at Google
While tech firings continue unabated, there’s still hope as many companies are simultaneously looking to hire for the laid-off roles. 
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Tasmia is a tech journalist at AIM, looking to bring a fresh perspective to emerging technologies and trends in data science, analytics, and artificial intelligence.