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Memrise Team

13K views · Dec 21, 2016 · 2:00 · 0 HN recommenders · 10 mentions · discussed 2018–2020

A two-minute promotional video introducing the team at Memrise, a language-learning company, as part of their recruiting page.

Why Hacker News points people here: It is only linked from Memrise's monthly Who is Hiring posts as a recruiting video.

What Hacker News said 10

Cites itnovocaineAug 2018
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Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise is an application helping our users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Mid-level and Senior Backend Software Engineers. We use Python 3.6 / Django / MySQL / Redis / Celery running on Kubernetes / AWS. * iOS Software Engineer. We use Obj-C/Swift & our app is regularly featured - link .. and you might have spotted us at WWDC this year using CoreML - link * Senior Data Engineer. We use Redshift, Segment, Looker, Airflow and Apache Spark, all on AWS. Will you join us? Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)” · view on HN
Cites itnovocaineSep 2018
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Memrise | Software Engineers, Data Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Mid-level and Senior Backend Software Engineers. We use Python 3.6 / Django / MySQL / Redis / Celery running on Kubernetes / AWS. * Senior Android Engineer. We're App of the Year 2017 on the Google Play Store. * iOS Software Engineer. We use Obj-C/Swift & our app is regularly featured - link . .. and you might have spotted us at WWDC this year using CoreML - link * Senior Data Engineer. We use Redshift, Segment, Looker, Airflow and Apache Spark, all on AWS. Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)” · view on HN
Cites itnjegusOct 2018
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Memrise | Software Engineers, Data Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Mid-level and Senior Backend Software Engineers. We use Python 3.6 / Django / MySQL / Redis / Celery running on Kubernetes / AWS. * Senior Android Engineer. We're App of the Year 2017 on the Google Play Store. * iOS Software Engineer. We use Obj-C/Swift & our app is regularly featured - link . .. and you might have spotted us at WWDC this year using CoreML - link * Senior Data Engineer. We use Redshift, Segment, Looker, Airflow and Apache Spark, all on AWS. Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)” · view on HN
Cites itnovocaineNov 2018
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * A Full-Stack Software Engineer. We use Python 3.6 / Django / MySQL / Redis / Celery running on Kubernetes / AWS, and React & Redux on the frontend. * A Senior Android Engineer. We're App of the Year 2017 on the Google Play Store. * Mobile Engineering Manager (iOS / Android) Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)” · view on HN
Cites itnovocaineDec 2018
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * A Full-Stack Software Engineer. We use Python 3.7 / Django 2 / MySQL / Redis / Celery running on Kubernetes / AWS, with React & Redux on the frontend. * Mid-level and Senior iOS Engineers. * Mobile Engineering Manager (iOS / Android) Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2018)” · view on HN
Cites itnjegusJan 2019
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user-facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we just closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Mid-level and Senior iOS Engineers. * Mid-level and Senior Product Managers. Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)” · view on HN
Cites itfrabcusApr 2019
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user-facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Backend Engineer * Frontend Engineers (React) - Mid-level and Senior * DevOps Engineer * Data Scientist Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)” · view on HN
Cites itfrabcusMay 2019
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user-facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Backend Engineer * Frontend Engineer (React) - Senior * DevOps Engineers - Mid-level and Senior * Data Scientist Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)” · view on HN
Cites itfrabcusJul 2019
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Memrise | Software Engineers | London UK | Full-Time, Onsite, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user-facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we closed our Series B at $15.5M! * A large user base - we now have about 40M users! * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Frontend Engineers (React) - Mid-level and Senior * DevOps Engineers - Mid-level and Senior * Backend Engineer Apply at link

in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)” · view on HN
Cites itfrabcusMar 2020
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Memrise | React, Android, Eng Manager | UK | Full-Time, Remote UK-only, Visa sponsorship and relocation available | link Memrise gives people learning superpowers! We've got: * An impactful mission - Memrise helps users achieve confident, real-world language skills & connect with new cultures. * Exciting technical challenges for you to work on. We build for scalability & high availability; use machine learning powering real-world, user facing features; have big data to process and feed into our adaptive learning algorithms; and smooth, refined user interfaces to build that our users will adore. * Funding - we closed a $15.5M Series B, and make most of our revenue from customers * A large user base - we have about 40M users * An awesome team - this video We're looking for: * Frontend Developer (React) - link * Android Engineer - link * Engineering Manager - link

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