Title: Associate Director, Assay Development and Process Engineering - Brain Health Location: Seattle, WA United States Hybrid Job Description: Associate Director Assay Development and Process Engineering The mission of the Allen Institute is to unlock the complexities of bioscience and advance our knowledge to improve human health. Using an open science, multi-scale, team-oriented approach, the Allen Institute focuses on accelerating foundational research, developing standards and models, and cultivating new ideas to make a broad, transformational impact on science. The Allen Institute is launching a new accelerator on human brain health and disease. This initiative aims to dramatically accelerate our understanding of human brain structure and function, identify the molecular, cellular and circuit basis of disease progression, and pioneer new therapeutic strategies targeting vulnerable and affected cell types. Our mission focuses on taking a human-centric approach to understanding and treating disease, combining a large-scale open science discovery approach across multiple diseases, AI-based disease modeling, and translational programs in specific diseases to move from discovery to clinical application. We aim to make transformational change in understanding and treating brain disorders, the biggest health challenge of our time. The Associate Director, Assay Development and Process Engineering, will play a key leadership role within the organization, leading a team to develop and implement scalable high-information content assays that meet the needs of large-scale data generation pipelines for single cell molecular and spatially-resolved analysis of brain tissues or other biological samples. Reporting to the Executive Director, Strategy and Scientific Operations, the successful candidate will be highly experienced in industry-standard assay development, and motivated to work in a team environment with laboratory scientists and managers, engineers, and computational scientists to develop robust pipelines to generate large-scale datasets for scientific discovery. This role will be responsible for supporting internal scientists needs and staying at the forefront of technological innovation in relevant domains, managing a portfolio of technology development and implementation goals and working with similar functions across scientific units. At the Allen Institute, we believe that science is for everyone and should be open to everyone. We are dedicated to combating biases and reducing barriers to STEM careers more broadly. We also believe that science is better when it includes different perspectives and voices. We strive to make the Allen Institute a place where everyone feels like they belong and are empowered to do their best work in a supportive environment. We are an equal-opportunity employer and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our open positions. Essential Functions - Lead, mentor, and manage a team of engineers and scientists, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, rigor and continuous improvement - Collaborate with senior leadership to develop and execute strategic plans for assay development and process engineering - Lead the design, integration, validation and implementation of novel molecular, microscopy and software components through successful pipeline implementation - Drive the development and implementation of engineering best practices, processes, and standards across assay development and end-to-end assay pipelines to ensure high-quality, reproducible deliverables - Oversee the design, development, and delivery of pipeline capabilities (assay workflows, automation, instrumentation/software integration, and supporting tools) for scientists, ensuring alignment with assay performance requirements and scientific use cases - Conduct technical assessments and guide complex assay pipeline implementations, ensuring scalable throughput, operational reliability, and appropriate security/privacy controls for the lab-to-data workflow - Ensure data integrity, quality, and governance for assay pipeline outputs (including sample metadata, QC metrics, provenance, and downstream handoffs) to enable reliable large-scale dataset generation - Partner with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams to drive innovation and ensure seamless integration of assay workflows, instrumentation/software components, and data pipeline capabilities - Act as a technical advisor to key stakeholders, providing insights and recommendations to support decision-making and strategic planning - Oversee project timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery of assay development programs and supporting end-to-end assay pipeline capabilities - Identify and mitigate risks, manage project dependencies, and ensure alignment with organization goals and objectives - Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in high-throughput assay development, workflow automation, instrumentation/software integration, and scalable lab-to-data pipelines - Champion the adoption of innovative tools, technologies, and methodologies that improve assay pipeline throughput, robustness, reproducibility, and data quality - Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.* Required Education and Experience - Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering, molecular biology, neuroscience, or a related field - 10+ years of experience in assay pipeline engineering (lab-to-data workflows), workflow automation and instrumentation/software integration, and/or high-throughput assay development, with at least three years in a leadership or management role - Strong technical background in development of industry-level molecular assays, including single cell and spatially resolved assays and platforms - Strong technical knowledge of highly multiplexed transcriptomic and/or proteomic spatial and single cell assays - Broad familiarity with molecular assay modalities beyond transcriptomics, including single-cell or fluid-based proteomics, lipidomics, and other relevant multi-omic assays - Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and delivering complex, large-scale assay development programs and end-to-end assay pipeline capabilities (including sample metadata, QC, and downstream handoffs) - Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, focusing on driving results and innovation Preferred Experience - Ph.D. degree in a relevant technical discipline - History of contributing software to open source and/or team-based projects - Basic knowledge of neuroanatomy of mouse, monkey and human brains Work Environment - Exposure to and handling of laboratory animals required - Laboratory environment - possible chemical, biological, or other hazardous substances exposure - Possible exposure to BioSafety Level 2 organisms, such as recombinant viruses Animal Care Services - Exposure to and handling of laboratory animals required - Pre and post-operative care for mice - Administration of compounds to mice (iv, ip, sc, po, im, ro, icv) - Perform health assessments of mice - Perform euthanasia and tissue collections - Perform daily vivarium maintenance and/or closing procedures Physical Demands - Occasional lifting up to 30 pounds - Fine motor movements in fingers/hands to operate computers and other office equipment; repetitive motion with lab equipment. - Push/pull up to 35 lbs - Stooping, bending, crouching - Reaching or climbing ladders Position Type/Expected Hours of Work - This role is currently working onsite and is expected to work onsite for the majority of working hours. The primary work location for this role is 615 Westlake Ave N., with the flexibility to work remotely on a limited basis. Travel - Occasional attendance and participation in national and international conferences may be required Additional Eligibility Qualifications - All employees who work with live animals must complete an Occupational Health medical history form and/or consultation with an Occupational Health Provider and receive clearance to work with animals. Depending on your health history and job responsibilities, an annual respiratory health screening and clearance to use a respirator may also be required. Additional Comments - Please note, this opportunity offers relocation assistance - Please note, this opportunity offers work visa sponsorship Annualized Salary Range $183,050 - $240,200 * - Final salary depends on the required education for the role, experience, level of skills relevant to the role, and work location, where applicable. Benefits Employees (and their families) are eligible to enroll in benefits per eligibility rules outlined in the Allen Institutes Benefits Guide. These benefits include medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are also eligible to enroll in the Allen Institutes 401k plan. Paid time off is also available as outlined in the Allen Institutes Benefits Guide. Details on the Allen Institutes benefits offering are located at the following link to the Benefits Guide:

Title: Lead Software Engineer (remote) Location: Kansas City United States Job Category: Information Technology Requisition Number: LEADS008323 Full-Time - Remote Job Description: WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO The Digital Center of Excellence (DCOE) is the organization within Hallmark Technology that is responsible for: - Building a world-class, consumer-focused caring platform that enables Hallmark’s lines of business (LOB) across the enterprise (Crayola, Hallmark Media, Hallmark Global) to accelerate their direct-to-consumer product strategies - Developing a Cloud-first, multi-tenant digital platform that provides capabilities and services, such as a unified Hallmark Profile, Product Recommendations, Global Payment services, etc. - Building, securing, and operating digital consumer products for Hallmark’s LOBs - Scaling development capabilities to build for Hallmark’s future As a member of the DCOE group you'll partner with high functioning, high energy teams of cross-functional disciplines that bring products like Hallmark.com and our Hallmark Gold Crown Omnichannel network to life for our consumers. With a consumer-first focus this group delivers impactful digital solutions that have a direct impact on consumer brand engagement and retention in the digital space, which results in revenue growth and brand relevance. WHAT YOU’LL DO & HOW IT SHAPES OUR SUCCESS As a Lead Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership to deliver technology solutions to the Consumer Profile Services team. Essential responsibilities include: - Create tech design, develop, plan and/or maintain software applications for delivering features based on knowledge of design/architectural patterns and Agile/DevOps practices. - Ensure system design and requirements are aligned to achieve the desired business outcomes. Manage coding/quality principles are aligned to achieve the desired technology outcomes. - Partner with product, engineering and delivery team to prioritize and groom backlog. Define technical stories and work with the team on work breakdown and execution. Participate in scrum activities and ceremonies. - Manage and provide technical ownership for feature delivery. Apply enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality. Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt. Responsible for compliance and security items and audit support at the team level. Conduct code reviews. - Act as a liaison for production activities/issues. - Guide team members with skills and practices (planning & estimation, peer reviews and other engineering practices). - Work with cross-functional teams to ensure that the business, quality and functional goals are met with each release. Work with Infrastructure, DevOps and Quality engineering team to ensure a smooth transition of build to production. - Effectively collaborate with onsite & offshore team members in Consumer Profile initiatives. - Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; Gather and analyze information skillfully; Develop alternative solutions; Work well in group problem solving situations. - Exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage key stakeholders at a business level in addition to a technical level - Have attitude to learn and adapt to new technology landscape during transformation stages - Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; Apply feedback to improve performance. - Meet productivity standards; Complete work in timely manner; Always strive to increase productivity. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS The following are required to be considered for this role:  - At least 10 years of professional experience in software engineering - At least 5 years of experience as a lead software engineer in agile scrum teams - Experience working on SQL queries for data analysis and ETL with RDBMS (Relational Database management systems) with Teradata, MYSQL, PostgreSQL or similar - At least 8 years’ experience building highly scalable RESTful services with integration technologies - At least 8 years’ experience building highly scalable asynchronous processes (Event Driven Design patterns) - At least 5 years’ experience leading and developing Applications, API design and development aligned with Microservices architecture - Proficiency in Programming language - Java Spring boot with Apache Camel, Go and Python - Hands on experience in AWS platform, building and deploying, applications to cloud. - Experience working on AWS components, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, AWS EC2, Fargate, Amazon MQ - Experience working with in-memory & persistent caching patterns using Redis, Hazelcast or equivalent - At least 5 years’ experience with data analysis - Working knowledge of software development practices including DevOps and CI/CD tool chains primarily GitLab or equivalent PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Your resume will stand out if you have the following: - Professional degree with major as computer science - Experience working on API Management (Preferred Gravitte) - Experience working with NoSQL databases Dynamo DB, MongoDB or equivalent - Knowledge on managing consumer data - Preferred experience in observability and monitoring tools, preferred Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk or equivalent - Leverage architectural standards and safeguard the integrity of the application environment, in alliance with architects and other tech leads - Design and implement new software architecture patterns that are scalable, reusable, secure, and cost efficient, adhering to industry standards - Design and implement new software architecture patterns that are scalable, reusable, secure, and cost efficient, adhering to industry standards - Experience with Consumer Profile, Customer 360, or Identity Management systems - Familiarity with data privacy and governance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) - Hands-on experience with AI-assisted engineering practices, including: Applying AI in the software development lifecycle (AIDLC) Leveraging AI-assisted code development, reviews, and productivity tooling - Awareness and ability to design and develop AI agents to improve engineering velocity and efficiency - Provide strategic direction for fixing and remediating vulnerabilities, secrets etc. - Tie in various moving pieces of work and collaborate with various interfacing systems - Understand technology trade-off risks and rewards for the best value - Review well-abstracted, reusable code for all components - Implement proactive monitoring and observability to predict and detect abnormal system behaviors, with timely alerts avoiding system impacts - Function as the go-to technical subject matter expert for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of knowledge in technologies, applications, and integration - Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment - Provide concise, transparent communications about potential risks, mitigations, and business impacts quickly - Take ownership to drive innovation for effectively leveraging technology & problem solving ADDITIONAL DETAILS - The salary range for this role is $104,000- $135,000. Final compensation varies based on several factors. - This is a U.S.-based remote role.* We’re committed to creating a connected, collaborative culture, no matter where you are. You’ll have access to virtual tools, team support, and opportunities to engage and grow with us. *Due to state-specific benefits regulations, Hallmark cannot consider candidates for remote positions who reside in Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico, or any country outside of the United States. - This role is eligible for Hallmark’s Annual Incentive Plan. More information will be shared during the interview process. - Hallmark is committed to recognizing and rewarding performance. Employees are eligible for annual merit-based increases, aligned with individual and company performance. - In alignment with our culture of care, Hallmark offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, paid time off, 401K with company match, and profit-sharing. COME JOIN US! Now’s your chance to embrace a future with Hallmark- just follow the instructions below to apply. You must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.  In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment. Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, passing the urinalysis drug screen, education verification and satisfactory reference and background checks. Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. Principals only please. HALLMARK – Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Title: Marching Band Tech Part time Location: Lynchburg United States Job Description: Serve as a marching band technician for an area of the Liberty University Marching Band. Essential Functions and Responsibilities - Participate in marching band leadership meetings and events. - Assist the director in teaching music during band camp and the marching band season. - Assistant director in teaching drill during band camp and the marching band season. - Attend each rehearsal during the Fall semester. - Attend each performance, local and travel, including post-season games and bowl game. - Participate in all band social functions. - Manage instruments and equipment. Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies Four-year college degree. Detail-oriented with strong, well-developed communication skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team. Time Type Part time Location Onsite The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the "religion" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.

Role Description Papaya Global is looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team in Krakow or remotely from anywhere in Poland. Our Financial Compliance engineering team sits at the heart of that: we connect external systems, enforce data integrity, and expose reliable APIs that the rest of the platform depends on. The work is technically demanding and deeply collaborative. - Build and maintain backend services in Java/Spring Boot - APIs, integrations with external systems, data processing and storage in relational databases - Work with AWS services (S3, SQS, SES) as an integral part of building and connecting systems - Contribute to frontend interfaces in TypeScript/React (roughly 20% of your time) - Take part in technical and architectural discussions - Write clean, well-tested code and care about it staying that way through code reviews and pair programming - Own observability of your services - Work closely with Product, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver end-to-end features - Work in Scrum with a team that uses it as an advantage Qualifications - Your IDE is not an obstacle for you but an almost invisible tool – we expect fluency in IntelliJ or VSCode or (Neo)Vim - You have solid production experience with backend systems in Java - Spring, HTTP APIs, and relational databases are core parts of your background - You have working knowledge of frontend development in TypeScript and React - You actively use AI-powered development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or similar) as a standard part of your development workflow - You have working knowledge of AWS services - S3, SQS, SES - You have experience with CI/CD pipelines and take test automation seriously - You think about non-functional requirements - availability, reliability, security, observability - You write clean, readable code and maintain that standard through code reviews - Fluent written and spoken English Requirements - Experience building AI-powered applications — contributions in this area are welcome from day one - Comfort working in fast-moving product teams with short delivery cycles, real demos, and tight MVP timelines - Basic familiarity with Terragrunt or similar IaC tooling