5 jobs found in Palo Alto

One Company…Many Careers! A Day in the Life: Identify technology, trends, companies, as well as relevant products & services that could provide opportunities for State Farm. Build and maintain key relationships within Labs and across State Farm. Produce reports and presentations on research findings and scouting projects intended for a variety of audiences. Manage and maintain exporatory and scouting tools and resources. Participate in complex work assignments and contributes to deliverables or strategic assignments. Collaborate with other analysts on completing their assignments. Conducts secondary technology research and analysis including trends identification, examining company structure, financials, key people, business strategy, technology, intellectual property and partnerships. Handle multiple priorities and work efforts at one time. Complete meeting follow-up and tracking of different start-ups and companies involved in scouting engagements. Develop and generate reports, business summaries, and metrics. Handle incoming contact management and packaging of information for review. Handle NDA confirmation, initiation, and filing with Purchasing Coordinate events, demo days, and networking opportunities for internal and external partners. We Are Looking for Candidates With: Tech background helpful, weighted toward mobile, APIs, AI/ML/chatbots, cyber security, and IoT. Proven track record of effectively collaborating. Demonstrate significant curiosity in their work. Comfortable challenging the status quo when appropriate. Strong learning agility. Strong associative thinking skills. (i.e., able to "connect the dots" for myriad implications associated with new tech, products, solutions, etc.) Able to appropriately represent State Farm with various external stakeholders What You Can Expect: Next Steps: Competitive candidates may be invited to participate in pre-employment testing and/or an interview. This is where the excitement begins! What's In It For You: Competitive Benefits, Pay, and Bonus Potential Volunteer opportunities: Get involved and give back to the community! Tuition Reimbursement: We support opportunities for you to learn and grow! A Learning Culture: Mentoring, Professional Designations, Employee Development, and more! 401k Plan and FULLY FUNDED PENSION: Yes, both! We embrace Diversity and Inclusion: We are one team and it is simply the right thing to do! Learn more about our benefits at State Farm Careers ! We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! We're here to help life go right® Come join our passionate team! #LI - MV1 SFARM JT18 PM18 PI115485492

MAKE LEARNING HISTORY FUN! JOIN THE COMPANY WITH THE MOST INTERACTIVE AND UNIQUE APPROACH TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATION THERE IS! About Us: California Weekly Explorer is known throughout California elementary schools as the producers of the Walk Through Presentations. These fun presentations, popular among teachers and kids alike, engage students as they actively take part in their grade level history curriculum by becoming the experts and/or actual historical characters. A skilled presenter guides students through time while simultaneously hosting a friendly competition for students to earn points and become the winning team! For 35 years California Weekly Explorer has provided excellence in education proven by our growth rate of 300+ presentations per school year. Simply put: We are the experts in educating in a fun way! We are also a FUN PLACE TO WORK! Educational Performer (Teacher / Presenter) Perks: Salary position, $3,500/month from Oct. 1-June 15 each school season, summer's off Paid school holidays including two weeks paid Christmas Comprehensive Medical benefits 100% fully paid after 60 day probation Affirmation from customers daily No work to take home No sales - Full calendars already booked Most weeks have at least one half day Mileage reimbursed at IRS standard Food stipend for overnight travel Casual uniform attire Educational Performer (Teacher / Presenter) Job Responsibilities: California Weekly Explorer seeks a full-time Presenter who will make history come alive for students on a daily basis. This person will love working with students, be excited about education and learning, enjoy travel and new experiences and have a desire to make a difference in the lives of students and teachers. Memorize and perform 3 scripts Present up to two presentations a day each 2.5 hours in length Wake up early and drive each day to a different school in a large calendar area Take 3-4 weekly trips a school year outside your calendar area Store all required presentation equipment safely Set-up and tear down presentation display each day Utilize online Company calendar system for school information Make all travel arrangements and preparations Fill out reports including monthly expense report and evaluations of schools Educational Performer (Teacher / Presenter) Requirements: Some type of teaching or performance experience. Classroom management and improvisation ability a plus! Strong social, communication, and organizational skills Willing and able to work a 5-day a week set calendar with a high work ethic and "show must go on" mentality A reliable standard size car that will hold all equipment Safe living area with room to store equipment A valid drivers license Pass a DOJ background check About You: Passion for educating and performing on a full-time basis Ability to work in a changing environment each day and to uphold Company policies with customers Be in good physical, mental, and emotional health Ability to "go with the flow" and be flexible when schools aren't prepared adequately Problem solver with ability to work independently while upholding Company policies and procedures Enthusiastic with the ability to make a day fun for students no matter the stress of traffic or grumpy adults Ability to manage difficult students in an encouraging way If this describes you, click apply to start your career adventure with us! We look forward to hearing from you! PM19 PI115155917

A Day in the life of a Software Developer - Req9730 This position with State Farm's Labs organization is as a software developer on the Senior Living team. Candidate will be responsible for delivering full-stack and/or mobile applications. This candidate will have the opportunity to build a unique suite of products for seniors and their family members that includes voice and mobile user interfaces. We Are Looking for Candidates With: -Agile delivery of large-scale software products -Entrepreneurship -Proven ability to take a software product live from the ground up, and the proven ability to adapt to changing requirements. -Must have had experience on mobile or full-stack product team as a software developer/engineer. -Must be an expert in at least one of these languages/platforms: Swift/iOS, Kotlin/Android, ES6/AWS Lambda. Voice user interface and dialog systems experience a plus. AWS Lambda API development a plus. Desired Competencies: Adaptability, Communication, Relationship Building, Industry Knowledge, Initiative, Resourcefulness, Decision Making and Judgment, Customer Focus, Leadership, Teamwork, Technical/Functional Expertise Number of Openings: 1 Location: Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, CA Additional Details: Job may require travel via commercial transportation and/or driving motor vehicles Job may require irregular work hours and travel outside normal business hours• Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity Employment Type: Regular Full-Time Shift: First Weekends: Periodic What You Can Expect Next Steps : Competitive candidates may be invited to participate in the interview process. We look forward to talking with you! What's In It For You Work with cutting edge technologies and business models Contribute to brand new, patent-worthy, concepts and products. Be part of small, self-empowered teams. Participate in customizable skill-level and personal development training. Opportunity to identify, research, and feed the development of new and experimental products. Freedom to utilize different technologies, languages, and frameworks that apply to the problem being solved. Influence and inform solution design efforts that consider performance, risk mitigation, user experience, and testability. Participates in Design Thinking to identify personas, develop problem solving ideas, and pitch ideas to leadership as a team. Competitive Benefits , Pay, and Bonus Potential. Flexible work schedules. (Design your start and end time) STEM Mentoring Opportunities: Give back to the community in your area of expertise through volunteering at STEM events for students! Local volunteer opportunities. 401k plan and fully funded pension. A Learning Culture: Mentoring, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Initiatives, and more! Duties and Responsibilities: Possesses an understanding of how technology solutions meet the business outcomes and offers a range of solutions for business partners Participates in sprint planning; provides work estimates to deliver product stories; owns development stories Develops solutions on variety of platforms according to business requirements Completes required coding to satisfy the defined acceptance criteria and deliver desired outcome Leads solution design, considering risks, mitigations, performance, user experience, and testability Assists in development of automated testing and supporting code as necessary Completes required documentation to communicate information to deployment, maintenance, and business teams Utilizes agile software development practices, coding, data and testing standards, secure coding practices, code reviews, source code management, continuous delivery and software architecture Participates in the full software development cycle including coding, testing, implementation, support and sunset Designs, develops, tests and supports software in support of big data objectives Possesses an understanding of User Experience practices to improve usability and interaction between the customer and product Adopts Service Design, where appropriate, through architecture modularity to enable continuous delivery Considers applying emerging technology solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness; expectation of continuous innovation Resolves problems that result in a decreased time to market; improves quality, enhances flexibility, and embraces the solution provider mindset Provides input into overall testing plan; contributes to test approach and scenarios for requirements Provides product and/or process expertise necessary to support design, development, testing and execution of solutions Exhibits DevOps mindset where team is accountable for product from inception to sunset We are not just offering a job but a meaningful career! We're here to help life go right® Come join our passionate team! SFARM JT18 #LI- TE1 PI115051168

Korrect Optical CA Licensed Optician We are seeking an experienced CA licensed optician to work at the VA hospital in Palo Alto assisting our nations Veterans. Hours are M-F 8-430. Great Hours, Full Benefits, Great earning potential. #JT Korrect Optical is an Optical Laboratory located in Louisville, KY which manufactures a large number of eyeglasses each day. Many of the eyeglasses produced are for United States Veterans, which Korrect Optical takes great pride in. Korrect Optical employs a wonderful, diverse workforce which we consider one of our most valuable assets Korrect Optical is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer as well a Drug Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender or sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. PI114995258

Morrison & Foerster LLP ID: 7450 Job Posting Title: Administrative Assistant Location: Palo Alto Morrison & Foerster LLP, an Am Law 50 law firm with 17 offices worldwide, has an opening for an Administrative Assistant within our Legal Secretary Department in our Palo Alto office. The Opportunity Under general supervision, provides a wide range of administrative, clerical, and document services to support the workflow and client service needs of attorneys and other timekeepers. Ensures client services and satisfaction are attained in all areas of position. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 1. Collaborates with legal secretarial staff and other teams to provide designated and as needed administrative services to assist in delivering exemplary service. 2. Answers telephones and relays messages. Arranges conference calls. 3. Copies, scans, faxes, and prints documents and attachments. 4. Prepares materials for mailing and overnight delivery, including printing, assembling, copying, and ensuring appropriate delivery. 5. Receives deliveries of items such as faxes, files, and boxes and routes them appropriately. 6. Makes conference room reservations. Coordinates meals, multimedia, and other services as requested. 7. Coordinates travel arrangements through the Firm's travel department as requested. 8. Prepares expense reimbursements; accurately inputs, codes, and routes invoices and inputs check requests. 9. Performs general word processing, including creating, editing and proofreading practice-specific legal documents, forms, and correspondence, ensuring accuracy and completeness. 10. Assists with billing process, including editing prebills, generating reports, and sending out final invoices. 11. Assists with creating and maintaining client/matter lists and communication lists. 12. Assists with organizing and maintaining physical and electronic documents and files in a timely manner. Creates and maintains working files and binders as requested. Utilizes firm technology to accurately store email messages and maintain and retrieve files. 13. Assists with the organization and preparation of materials for storage. Assists with maintaining high density storage area. 14. Utilizes Outlook to schedule appointments and calendar dates. Maintains contacts in Outlook. 15. Assists with timenote entry, including inputting timenotes, editing, proofreading, and closing them on a daily basis. 16. May assist with the organization and planning of events. Assists with collection of marketing materials. 17. Obtains approvals and coordinates attendance for outside training programs (MCLE). 18. Proactively follows-up with secretaries for feedback on projects completed and requests for additional assignments. Ideal Candidate Education and Experience 1. High School Diploma required. 2. Minimum of one year administrative experience. 3. Experience working in a professional services environment preferred. Teamwork and Applied Skills 1. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. 2. Excellent teamwork skills and commitment to delivering results by assisting co-workers. 3. Client service orientation and ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels. 4. Ability to multi-task, prioritize work, and meet deadlines. 5. Ability to work under pressure and complete job assignments in an accurate and timely manner. 6. Proficient with Windows-based software used by the firm, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Mac Pac. Working knowledge of database, and time and attendance tracking applications. 7. Typing speed of 45 wpm with high level of accuracy. 8. Flexibility regarding work schedule and availability to work overtime required. 9. Ability to work effectively in a team environment. Who We Are At Morrison & Foerster, our culture is defined by our deeds. We're passionate about what we do. We're equally passionate about how we do it. We resist hierarchies and operate within a model of respect - for our colleagues, their ideas, and the differences that make us stronger. We encourage you to learn more about who we are , and what we do . Should you find you're ready to do the best work of your life, we encourage you to let us know! Morrison & Foerster is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, creed, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partner status, and other categories protected by applicable laws, or in retaliation for opposition to any practices forbidden under this policy. PI114884567