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Santa Cruz Works helps connect job seekers, employers, startups, and growing companies across Santa Cruz County. Reach 11,000+ business professionals in the Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Watsonville area, share a role, discover local companies, or get connected with someone who could be a great fit.
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Jobs/Gigs/Internships
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Job Applicants Post HereFeatured Employers
Here are a few local companies that tend to alway have current job openings available:
County of Santa Cruz
The County of Santa Cruz offers a diverse range of current openings spanning administrative roles, public safety and legal positions, fiscal and management roles, and public works and recreation. Learn more.
Joby Aviation
We are looking for individuals that are passionate about making a positive impact by developing the most advanced technology in transportation. You should be curious, driven, and devoted to your area of excellence. We look for candidates with both raw intellect and an exceptional ability to execute. Hiring 40+ positions year round. Learn More
PVUSD
Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) serves close to 15,000 students across 33 schools in the vibrant communities of Watsonville, Aptos, Freedom in Santa Cruz County, and the Pajaro and Las Lomas communities in North Monterey County. Pajaro Valley Unified School district has over 30 positions open. See their Edjoin website for details.
Wonderfil
Wonderfil builds refill stations that dispense everyday essentials like shampoo, conditioner, and detergent to enable people to reduce single-use plastic while keeping the convenience of modern retail. We design our own smart dispensing machines with cloud-connected software to make refilling seamless. We’re growing our engineering team to expand how our machines sense, learn, and interact with the physical world.
We’re looking for a Software Engineer who loves solving real-world problems through code and data. You’ll work across hardware integration, data science, and scalable software development, creating and adapting features that make our refill stations more intelligent, reliable, and autonomous. This is a hybrid role based in Santa Cruz, CA, collaborating closely with our current Software Engineer/SDET and product team.
Success Stories
“Thank you so much for introducing me to the best job I have ever had at Joby Aviation! ”
“Being part of the Santa Cruz Works network is invaluable. Because of its members, I’ve had the opportunity to interview with fantastic companies... which led to offers! I’m excited to start my journey at Amazon, thanks to Santa Cruz Works. ”
“Thanks to Santa Cruz New tech for helping me achieve the dream of living and working locally at Looker!”
Local Resources
CareerLoop
CareerLoop, created by UC Santa Cruz student, William Zhao, helps students and job seekers instantly turn their resumes into portfolio websites.
Santa Cruz Launchpad
Santa Cruz Launchpad, previously known as Get Hired, is an annual job fair and pitch competition event. The June 1st, 2022 featured 25 companies offering 400+ jobs and 19 student teams competing for in $40,000 cash prizes. The May 25, 2023 event included 26 companies and nearly 600 attendees. Want to stay updated on upcoming events? Subscribe to our newsletter!