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jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)

Brilliant is building the world's first graphical AI tutor: a collection of interactive learning experiences that both the learner and their AI tutor can see and manipulate. In a world of cognitive offloading, Brilliant's AI gets people to actually think and solve hard problems.

We're hiring an interactive-focused engineer to craft the building blocks that power it. Each interactive exposes an API used by learning designers, our authoring agents, and the tutor itself. And every configuration those APIs can produce has to be a correct, solvable, meaningful puzzle. It's a tricky technical problem with a big payoff for our learners.

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, you can learn more and apply here: https://brilliant.org/careers.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)

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 reapplying once there's been a material change in experience or skill that makes it very clear you'd be an especially strong fit. We'll take a look at your application and follow up!

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)

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

We're hiring an Android engineer 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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

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!

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

Yes! We have a number of folks in Canada.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

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

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

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 suspended by its owner."

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

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 :)

We review every application by hand and get back to every single applicant, usually within 72 hours, despite thousands of LLM-generated spam/fraud applications. It takes a tremendous amount of time and energy, but we do it because we know how much time and energy candidates invest in applying to our open roles.

If you previously applied and didn't hear back, please shoot me an email so I can look into it: jared.silver@brilliant.org

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2025)

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

We're hiring engineers and designers 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.

Our designers craft interaction patterns that make math, science, and computer science concepts feel approachable, delightful, and addictively learnable.

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2025)

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

We're hiring engineers and designers 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.

Our designers craft interaction patterns that make math, science, and computer science concepts feel approachable, delightful, and addictively learnable.

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2025)

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

We're hiring engineers and designers 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.

Our designers craft interaction patterns that make hard math, science, and computer science concepts feel approachable, delightful, and addictively learnable.

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2025)

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

We're hiring engineers and designers 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.

Our designers craft interaction patterns that make hard math, science, and computer science concepts feel approachable, delightful, and addictively learnable.

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2025)

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

We're hiring engineers and designers 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.

Our designers craft interaction patterns that make hard math, science, and computer science concepts feel approachable, delightful, and addictively learnable.

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)

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

We're hiring interactive engineers to help craft the next generation of interactive learning games and change how the world learns STEM.

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://jobs.lever.co/brilliant/2e86ce40-3c7e-4924-b3cb-bfe7....

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)

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).

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)

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!

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)

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

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)

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

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)

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

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2024)

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.

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)

Hellosaurus | Senior Unity Engineer | Full-time | Remote (US) | https://hellosaur.us/unity-deck

Called "Mister Rogers for the iPhone generation" by Forbes, recent Apple "App of the Day" awardee Hellosaurus is searching for a Senior Unity Engineer to provide technical leadership for our award-winning interactive video player and no-code creator tools.

If you're passionate about building magical technological experiences that empower kids to learn, grow, and have fun, we'd love to hear from you!

Learn more here: https://hellosaur.us/unity-deck

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)

Hellosaurus | Unity Engineer | Full-time | Remote (US) | https://grnh.se/6f2014934us

Called "Mister Rogers for the iPhone generation" by Forbes, recent Apple "App of the Day" honoree Hellosaurus seeks talented Unity engineers excited to build the future of kids media.

Our innovative no-code tooling empowers some of the world's most popular kids media content creators to craft award-winning interactive video experiences.

If you're passionate about building magical technological experiences that empower kids to learn, grow, and have fun, we'd love to hear from you!

Learn more here: https://grnh.se/6f2014934us

jaredsilveron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)

Hellosaurus | Unity Engineer | Full-time | Remote (US) | https://grnh.se/6f2014934us

Hellosaurus empowers the world's most popular kids media creators to build immersive, interactive learning experiences that kids can play, not just watch.

We're looking for Unity engineers excited to build innovative no-code tooling that empowers content creators to craft award-winning interactive video experiences.

If you're passionate about building magical technological experiences that empower kids to learn, grow, and have fun, we'd love to hear from you!

Learn more here: https://grnh.se/6f2014934us