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jaredsilver

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About jaredsilver

I care deeply about improving access to effective, equitable, and engaging learning experiences. Senior Director of Engineering at Brilliant.org.

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    Comment #46507594

    Thanks for the kind words, and glad to hear you drew inspiration from us for the fitness app! Since interviewing is a big time investment on both sides, we generally recommend reap…

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    Comment #46469517

    Brilliant.org | Android Engineer | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $180k — $240k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning experi…

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    Comment #46235179

    Static boards you've used for IRL teaching are totally sufficient for an initial application, so I'd recommend applying sooner rather than later. Best of luck!

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    Comment #46169017

    Yes! We have a number of folks in Canada.

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    Comment #46128931

    Hmm, we've definitely gotten back to everyone who applied in July — could you email me so I can double-check? jared.silver@brilliant.org

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    Comment #46125589

    Thanks, we'll take a look and get back to you this week! Quick heads up: there's a project link in your resume that sends me to a page with the text "This service has been suspende…

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    Comment #46113114

    Hi! I happened to see this post before it was detached. For a bit of additional context: we hire for multiple roles and have actually hired multiple people through these threads :)…

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    Comment #46110145

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers & Designers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $235k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive l…

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    Comment #45801846

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers & Designers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $235k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive l…

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    Comment #45440163

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers & Designers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $235k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive l…

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    Comment #45095328

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers & Designers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $235k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive l…

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    Comment #44759575

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers & Designers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $235k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive l…

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    Comment #44435040

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $250k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning expe…

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    Comment #44160563

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $145k — $230k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning expe…

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    Comment #43861861

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineer (Interactives) | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $145k — $220k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive…

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    Comment #43576665

    Correct, we're a lean team that moves very quickly, so availability for synchronous communication is important to us. That said, the expectation is not that you're sitting idly at …

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    Comment #43576590

    No leetcode. One interview during the onsite is vaguely algorithmic, but the process is designed to feel relatively close to the work you'd do on the job. For example, our web take…

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    Comment #43551497

    Thanks for the kind words! Our interview process is as follows: * 30 min Zoom call with me * Technical take home assessment (paid, designed to be reasonably close to the job) * Pan…

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    Comment #43551059

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers (especially Android) | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $155k — $230k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class inte…

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    Comment #42958520

    Feel free to shoot me an email: jared.silver@brilliant.org

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    Comment #42958514

    Yes, we provide meaningful options grants to all teammates (standard 4 year vest with a one year cliff).

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    Comment #42921325

    Timezone! Definitely feel free to apply if your workday can fully overlap our "core hours" of 10am to 3pm PT.

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    Comment #42920616

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $175k — $230k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning expe…

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    Comment #42578374

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $230k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning expe…

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    Comment #42299106

    Brilliant.org | Software Engineers | Remote (North America), SF, NYC | Full-time | $170k — $230k | https://brilliant.org Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning expe…