Comment by jaredsilver

Comment by jaredsilver 3 days ago

Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning experiences that combine challenging problems, compelling narratives, and delightful visual storytelling.

We're hiring for a number of engineering roles to help craft the next generation of interactive learning and change how the world learns.

Engineers at Brilliant think about both "building the right thing" AND "building the thing right" while pursuing high standards of excellence for ourselves, our product, and our codebase.

If you're energized by the prospect of doing the best work of your career and changing how the world learns alongside the most talented peers you've ever worked with, you can learn more and apply here: https://brilliant.org/careers.

ludicrousdispla a day ago

Your career page states >> We maintain core hours (10am – 3pm Pacific) where everyone is online, regardless of timezone.

So NYC staff are expected to work everyday until 6pm?

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coffeeindex a day ago

Sounds like you're required to be online during 1PM - 6PM, probably for communication purposes. It's really not that bad at all.

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- jaredsilver 21 hours ago
  
  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 your computer for an extra 15 minutes at the end of the day if you've knocked out your work and are at a good stopping point. We hire adults and treat them as such :)
  Also, many folks on the team have familial and other responsibilities that they need to tackle during this window, and the team is very flexible about scheduling around these (especially given advance notice when possible).
  
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rickpm 3 days ago

I’m really impressed by the interesting work you’re doing.

Could you share more about the interview process?

I just applied and believe the role is an excellent fit for my experience and my passion for learning new things.

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aloof8723 2 days ago

They are picky, I haven't heard of my peers who applied landing an interview.

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- rickpm a day ago
  
  They seem pretty efficient to me. I got the first round of interviews scheduled the same day I applied.
  I'm used to being on the other side of the table, and in my experience, as long as you have strong relevant experience for what they need and put effort into the application, companies tend to move quite fast.
  I also only apply to a few companies for positions that I find interesting and where I know I can bring value. My response rate has always been 90%+, even when I don’t know anybody there or have a referral.
  Meanwhile, most people nowadays apply to anything with 'software' in the title and are surprised when they don’t hear back.
  
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- deaddodo 2 days ago
  
  Yup, same.
  
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jaredsilver 3 days ago

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)
* Panel interview with two engineering leaders
* Virtual onsite
Looking forward to reviewing your application!

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- rickpm a day ago
  
  Awesome. I appreciate the answer.
  As far as technical interviews go, are there any leetcode style questions involved, or are they more practical, like the take-home assessment you mentioned?
  
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  jaredsilver 21 hours ago
  
  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-home assessment includes tasks like reviewing a colleague's pull request and tracking down a bug in response to a customer support ticket.
  
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