Software Engineer (Interactives)

Brilliant is building world-class interactive learning experiences that combine challenging problems, compelling narratives, and delightful visual storytelling. We are 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. We are seeking a Software Engineer (Interactives) to join our team and play a key role in designing and building the interactive learning experiences that millions of users interact with every day. You will work on the core technology that powers learning experiences at massive scale, including the interactive authoring tools that allow our content creators to build and customize learning paths. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and developing new features for our interactive learning platform, collaborating with product managers and designers to define and implement user stories, writing clean, maintainable code in JavaScript, TypeScript, and other relevant technologies, optimizing performance and ensuring high availability of our services, working closely with data scientists and educators to incorporate learning science principles into the product, and mentoring other engineers and contributing to code reviews. We are committed to both "building the right thing" AND "building the thing right" while pursuing high standards of excellence. We are building world-class interactive learning experiences that combine challenging problems, compelling narratives, and delightful visual storytelling. We are energized by the prospect of doing the best work of our career and changing how the world learns alongside the most talented peers. We are building a platform that serves hundreds of thousands of paid subscribers and we are accelerating to millions. We are a remote-first company with core hours (9:30am – 2:30pm Pacific) to ensure collaboration, but we also have hubs in San Francisco and New York City. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We are looking for mission-driven individuals who are adventurous, autonomous, and have a strong generalist skill set. We are building a healthy business as the backbone of achieving our mission. We are default alive (will be profitable before needing to raise), don't over-hire, are growing new customers at an exciting pace, and have kept valuations tethered to reality. We are building a world of great problem solvers. We focus on adults learning quantitative skills – especially in math, data, and CS/AI – and deliver a best-in-class interactive learning experience across web and apps. Our courses teach you what you need to know, while skipping the stuff you don't – so expect more about solving equations, statistical analysis, logical deduction, neural networks, and generative AI, and less about abstract theorems and integrating complicated trig functions. We are committed to our mission of creating a world of problem solvers, proud of the business we've built, and even more excited about the future. We are a team of ~75 people combining our creative, technical, pedagogical, and operational minds to create the future of interactive learning. We are committed to building a healthy business as the backbone of achieving our mission. We are default alive (will be profitable before needing to raise), don't over-hire, are growing new customers at an exciting pace, and have kept valuations tethered to reality. We believe that real-time collaboration and human connection are necessary ingredients in building a high-velocity, creatively-oriented consumer product. We maintain core hours (9:30am – 2:30pm Pacific) where everyone is online, regardless of timezone. Over half of us are located near our hubs in SF and NYC, and folks outside of those cities travel to attend team offsites once-per-quarter. Our vibe is more like this: Imagine and propose the best possible outcomes. Grow in a relatively autonomous way. Work in an environment with high intensity and velocity (but where we also take plenty of vacation). Be adventurous. The work may change every 6 months, but it will rarely be dull. Take projects end-to-end, and figure out answers to unfamiliar questions. Be surrounded by long-term people who are committed to our specific mission. ... and less like this: Have all the best ideas handed to you. Get a checklist for a more senior title. Work in an environment where people strictly keep their 9-5 schedules. Methodically grow your career and portfolio without assuming undue risk. If you don't know the answer, that's probably someone else's job here. Command respect by wearing the Gooblesoft uniform – everyone knows Gooblesoft!