Contract Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (Vista, CA)

Company Description www.spkn.app Spoken is a first-of-its-kind social commerce marketplace powered by real consumers and their genuine connections. We turn everyday word-of-mouth moments into a scalable sales engine for brands—without influencers, ads, or the noise of traditional social media. Our platform catalogs real purchases from real people, making them discoverable and shoppable by their friends. This means brands get lower acquisition costs, higher trust, and authentic engagement, while consumers get a safe, private space to share and shop with people they actually know. We’re pre-seed, early in our journey, and building for massive scale. This is an opportunity to join at the ground floor, shape the product, own major technical decisions, and directly influence the trajectory of the company. Role Description We’re looking for a Founding Engineer who can take Spoken from MVP to a robust, scalable platform. You’ll be responsible for: • Product Ownership – Leading technical architecture, system design, and development for our mobile and web applications. • Hands-On Development – Building new features, integrating AI-driven product recognition, and optimizing for speed, reliability, and scalability. • Technical Vision – Making key stack decisions and setting engineering best practices. • Rapid Iteration – Moving quickly from concept to deployment, testing and refining based on real-world user feedback. • Team Building – Hiring and mentoring the future engineering team. • Partnership – Working directly with the founder to align product and business strategy and sharing in both the responsibility and the upside. This is not just a job—it’s true founder-level involvement, with equity and the opportunity to shape a category-defining product. This is an “all-in” role so an appetite for problem solving and entrepreneurship is key! Qualifications Must-Haves • Proven experience building and shipping consumer-facing web or mobile applications. • Strong proficiency in React Native, Flutter or other similar cross-platform frameworks and backend development. • Ability to design, build, and deploy scalable APIs and databases. • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). • Strong problem-solving mindset and a bias toward action—comfortable in a fast-moving, high-ambiguity startup environment. • Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to own outcomes. Nice-to-Haves • Experience with AI/ML integration (image recognition, recommendation engines). • Background in marketplace or e-commerce platforms. • Prior startup or founder experience. • Located in the SF Bay Area (preferred for in-person collaboration). Compensation: Significant equity stake (5-20% depending on experience). Guaranteed salary & benefits upon pre-seed funding secured. Location: San Francisco Bay Area (hybrid/remote possible for the right person). Stage: Pre-seed, MVP in development, fundraising in progress.

NetX is a leading provider of DAM software for museums, heritage, and businesses from around the world. We’re a smaller company located in Portland, Oregon. We’re a passionate, collaborative team that believes in building not just software, but also relationships with our customers. This endeavor started more than 20 years ago, and continues to grow, thrive and excel. We are currently looking for the right person to grow with us as we expand our customer base. Visit www.netx.net to learn more about us. Objective NetX’s Systems Engineer looks at what's going on in our systems, and figures out how to fix it, which sometimes means designing new solutions from scratch. You will be part of a talented team of engineers that demonstrate superb technical competency, delivering mission critical infrastructure and ensuring the highest levels of availability, performance and security. In addition, you are responsible for providing advice regarding the appropriate hardware and/or software to ensure our SaaS platform remains robust and performant. We're looking for a team player to be a part of our dynamic, flexible environment, where we adhere to an approach inspired by the Shape Up methodology. We encourage self-organization and a collaborative atmosphere where team members from various functions work together to plan, prioritize, and execute tasks effectively. We'd love to hear from you if you're ready to contribute to our forward-thinking approach. Responsibilities ● Manage and monitor all installed systems and infrastructure. ● Install, configure, test and maintain systems, application software and system management tools. ● Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability. ● Monitor and test application performance for potential bottlenecks, identify possible solutions, and work with developers to implement those fixes. ● Maintain security, backup, and redundancy strategies. ● Write and maintain custom (e.g. Ansible) scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks. ● Participate in the design of information and operational support systems. ● Liaise with vendors for problem resolution. ● When addressing an issue, prioritize seeking a solution that resolves the problem in a more sustainable, long-term manner. ● Strive for automation. Actively working to implement automated processes and systems within the infrastructure. ● Actively search for areas where recurring reactivity can be transformed into proactive solutions. ● On-call rotation — tier 1 and tier 2 (See: NetX Incident Response Process). ● Assist Support on Ops and Platform related technical issues (Tier 2). Requirements ● BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject. ● Proven working experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX /Linux based environments. ● Solid experience in the administration and performance tuning of application stacks (e.g.,Tomcat, Apache, NGINX). ● Solid Cloud experience, preferably in AWS. ● Experience with virtualization and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, Virtual Box). ● Experience with monitoring and observability systems (e.g., Nagios/Icigna, Prometheus, Grafana). ● Experience with automation software (e.g., Ansible). ● Solid scripting skills (e.g., shell scripts, Python). ● Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP). Benefits We offer a competitive salary along with a benefits package that includes: ● Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance ● Life and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance ● 401k Retirement with Employer Match ● PTO ● Paid Holidays ● Commuting Expense Assistance ● Flexible working arrangements ● Friendly dogs are welcome in the office!

Join us in building great software—our team is looking for ambitious individuals eager to advance their development career in a collaborative setting. We are a software-focused tech company offering high-quality developer training. Want to become a full-stack developer using real frameworks and tools? This structured remote program is flexible, self-paced, and includes nearly 900 hours of project-based learning that prepares you for technical challenges in software development. The program includes: 🖥️ Tech & Programming Core Concepts • Learn how the internet, computers, and browsers work • Study logic, algorithms, and Python scripting • Build understanding of data structures and basic security 💻 UI & Web Development • Design websites with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap • Create dynamic elements using jQuery and React.js • Implement responsive design for modern web apps 🗄️ Server & Database Integration • Use SQL and SQL Server for data storage and access • Work with Django and C#/.NET to build back-end systems • Master full CRUD functionality and database design 🧑‍💻 Programming Tools & Languages • Gain experience with key development languages and workflows • Use Visual Studio, Git, and GitHub for real-world project control • Learn best practices for solo and team-based coding 🧪 Capstone Development • Build and deploy two real projects (Python and C# based) • Apply Agile methods and work through debugging challenges • Produce portfolio-quality code and systems 🧰 Career Development Skills • Prepare for tech interviews and whiteboarding • Create job-ready résumés and cover letters • Plan your path into the software development industry No background needed. Remote learners encouraged. Apply now: https://techschooldev.online/

mParticle by Rokt is widely recognized as one of the leading customer data platforms, serving hundreds of global brands and helping them turn data to insights and insights to action. Built on top of end-to-end streaming architecture, we are committed to empowering businesses to deliver personalized and engaging experiences to their customers across all screens and devices. We believe that the opportunity to help teams activate insights from their customer data to deliver more relevant and adaptive experiences is more important than ever. In January 2025 mParticle merged with Rokt and became mParticle by Rokt. Together, our AI and ML-powered Rokt Brain and ecommerce Rokt Network will power more than 6.5 billion transactions, connecting 400 million customers across the world’s leading companies. We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader.  Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce, unlocking real-time relevance in the moment that matters most. Rokt’s AI Brain and ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers and is trusted to do this by the world’s leading companies. We are a team of builders helping smart businesses find innovative ways to meet customer needs and generate incremental revenue. Leading companies drive 10-50% of additional revenue—and often all their profits—from the extra products or services they sell. This economic edge unleashes a world of possibilities for growth and innovation. The mParticle by Rokt engineering team builds best-in-class ecommerce technology that provides personalized and relevant experiences for customers globally and empowers marketers with sophisticated, AI-driven tooling to understand consumers better. Our bespoke platform handles millions of transactions per day. It considers billions of data points which give engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams, and gain exposure to a wide range of technology. At Rokt, we practice transparency in career paths and compensation. At Rokt, we believe in transparency, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with transparent compensation and clear career paths based on competency and ability. Rokt’stars constantly strive to raise the bar, pushing the envelope of what is possible. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure) Target total compensation ranges from $300,000 - $325,000, including a fixed annual salary of $200,000 - $225,000, an employee equity plan grant, and world-class benefits.  Equity grants are issued in good faith and are subject to company policies, board approval, and individual eligibility. As our Sr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll architect and operate the foundational control plane and data services that power our containerized workloads—spanning EKS clusters, core addons, container registries, batch processing gateways, and inter-region networking. You’ll ensure our platform delivers resilient compute, seamless streaming, and the tooling teams need to ship at peak velocity. About the role: Design, deploy, and manage EKS clusters and ECR registries (supporting both Linux and macOS agents) Own the full suite of EKS core and observability addons—CSI/CNI/CoreDNS, Cert-Manager, Gatekeeper, Ingress controllers, Karpenter, KEDA, Argo Rollouts, External Secrets, Velero, YuniKorn scheduler, and image swapper Enable batch workloads on Kubernetes by operating our Spark Gateway API and Spark Operator, and support Spark RBAC, scheduling queues, and history servers Build and maintain our workflow engine and related automation for orchestration of complex data and ML pipelines Architect and maintain network foundations—VPCs, subnets, peering, edge gateways, and Istio service mesh—to ensure secure, high-performance connectivity across regions Requirements About You: 5+ years of experience in platform, SRE, or DevOps engineering roles, with a focus on Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure Deep expertise in AWS EKS, ECR, container orchestration (Helm, Argo), and core Kubernetes addons Hands-on mastery of Spark on Kubernetes (Gateway, Operator) and workflow schedulers like Flyte or Airflow Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, Terraform) and proficiency with Linux administration Clear communicator who thrives in fast-paced, collaborative environments and can evangelize best practices across teams Familiarity with network topology (VPCs, peering, Istio) Benefits About Rokt’stars: As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock real-time relevancy in ecommerce and beyond. Our bias for action means we are not afraid to quickly venture into uncharted territories, take risks, or challenge the status quo; in doing so we either win or learn. We work together as one aligned team never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas. We value diversity, transparency and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better.  About the Benefits: We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it: Accelerate your career. We offer roadmaps to leadership and an annual training allowance Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and great health benefits for you and your dependents. Dog-friendly office Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.)  Work with the greatest talent in town See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have the flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere. We at Rokt choose to create a company that is as diverse and inclusive as the world we live in by attracting, growing & keeping the best talent. Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We train and promote from within Excellent low-cost health benefits Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions Paid vacation and 10 holidays At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations. We are seeking an experienced IBM i Application Development Manager to direct our IT team based at our main office in Anderson, California. This position is not remote and requires living in the surrounding areas. The successful applicant requires current authorization to work in the United States as Sierra Pacific does not provide a Visa sponsorship. Sierra Pacific is a family-oriented company where employees are respected, integrity is valued, and a strong work ethic is recognized and rewarded. We seek qualified IT professionals to become a valued members of our IT team that takes pride in effectively responding to business needs and directly contributing to the success of the company. About the Position Manage, motivate, and effectively supervise a team of Application Developers on the IBM i (Power Systems) platform Effectively discern user and business needs, translate those needs to actionable requirements, and communicate realistic expectations Engage with team members and end users to solicit collaboration, facilitate productivity, and clarify program intent Identify and schedule work to meet company priorities and goals Partner with other IT department managers to coordinate project activities and promote a team environment Utilize business and technology experience to solve problems and innovate diverse software solutions Provide technical support, mentorship, training, and cross-training for team members Collaborate, maintain heightened awareness, and ensure commitment to support of all security and compliance requirements and cyber response plans Effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences of various levels within the Company Participate in staffing decisions Test, troubleshoot, and program as needed Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Application Development, or related Computer Science program 3 years’ project lead or management/supervisory experience 5 years’ experience with RPG IV / ILE RPG in a business environment Demonstrated leadership, motivation, and interpersonal skills to foster positive relationships Experience in manufacturing and wood products is highly preferred Demonstrated sense of urgency and commitment to achieve efficient and accurate results Independently motivated, detail-oriented, and able to maintain focus on long-term projects Proven problem-solving and time-management skills Committed to the highest levels of integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality Why Join Our Team? Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better. We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance. How to Apply If you are qualified and would like to join our team, please send a cover letter referencing this position and a resume to: Sierra Pacific Industries Human Resources PO Box 496011 Redding, CA 96049 (866) 378-8001 or apply online and view all our career opportunities at: spi.careers Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans. The general wage range for this position at Sierra Pacific Industries is from $135,000 to $195,000 per year, and is dependent upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to: relevant work experience, skill, knowledge, and/or education. About Our Company Sierra Pacific Industries is a fourth-generation family-owned company based in Northern California that started in 1949 and has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the U.S., employing around 6,500 crew members. Sierra Pacific continues to be a company where its employees are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team. We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come. Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants. We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees. Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

We are seeking a highly organized and communicative Internal Operations Coordinator to streamline our project management processes and improve interdepartmental coordination. This role will serve as the critical link between our field operations, service department, and warehouse/purchasing functions, ensuring smooth information flow and efficient project execution. Key Responsibilities: Act as the primary point of contact for internal communication between field operations, service coordination, and warehouse/purchasing departments. Collaborate closely with the Field Project Manager to understand project requirements and timelines, translating field needs into actionable tasks for other departments. Coordinate with the Service Coordinator to ensure service requests are properly integrated into ongoing project schedules and resource allocations. Liaise with the warehouse/purchasing team to ensure timely procurement and delivery of materials for projects and service calls. Leveraging existing centralized project tracking system, ensuring all departments have access to up-to-date information. (We primarily use Quickbase) Facilitate regular cross-departmental meetings to discuss project statuses, upcoming needs, and potential issues. Continually improve communication protocols to improve information sharing across departments. Review regularly generated reports on project statuses, resource utilization, and interdepartmental performance metrics. Identify bottlenecks in communication or processes and propose solutions to improve operational efficiency. Assist in the maintenance of project documentation, including schedules, change orders, and closeout procedures. Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of access control, video surveillance, and intrusion detection systems Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field Experience with Quickbase Requirements Required Qualifications: 3+ years of experience in project coordination or operations management, preferably in the security integration industry Strong understanding of project management principles and practices Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Proficiency in project management software and Microsoft Office suite Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines Strong problem-solving and analytical skills Experience with ERP or CRM systems Familiarity with inventory management and purchasing processes Benefits Paid Time Off Paid Holidays 401k Safe Harbor Match