Jared Silver Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I inherited Brilliant's engineering org with ~25 ICs and only a single manager and matured it into a highly effective team with ~35 ICs and 6 managers in the span of 6 months.Some of what I accomplished in this role:- Built a layer of high-agency, hands-on engineering managers through hiring and internal promotions, including recruiting an EM I hired in a previous role and supporting a tech lead's transition into management- Leveled up the team through performance management, both accelerating the growth of key teammates and supporting others in finding better fits elsewhere- Participated as a member of the company's leadership team, contributing to company strategy and setting strategy for the Engineering org- Helped craft and conduct a CTO interview flow to hire my boss after ~5 months on the jobOrchestrating this organizational turnaround with severely limited time and resources was only possible because of inheriting such an astonishingly talented team. I'm extremely grateful for their and the rest of Brilliant's support in making it happen.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

In late 2022, Hellosaurus was acquired by Brilliant.org, the leader in interactive online STEM learning experiences. At Brilliant, I have the privilege of managing around a dozen tech leads and product engineers spanning our Growth, User Motivation, and Learning Experience teams.Some of what I've accomplished so far:- Helped level up our hiring and onboarding processes for product engineers, tech leads, and engineering managers- Recruited a stellar tech lead I hired in a previous role & hired 3 additional product engineers- Conducted an anthropological investigation into the team's engineering culture and practices, built trust, and executed change management resulting in meaningful improvements to the team's structure, culture, and performance- Coached teammates through some tricky situations, helping folks achieve more of their potential and sometimes transition into roles better suited to their strengthsExample feedback from one of my reports:"Jared has been an absolute game changer. I can tell he actually listens and brings valuable, creative and thoughtful ideas and solutions to the table. I would love for him to keep pointing me in the right direction as far as things I need to do/learn to keep progressing in my career. He asks great questions that get me thinking about things that actually matter."

New York, New York, Us

I was the first employee at Hellosaurus, an interactive video learning platform for kids that was backed by General Catalyst, GSV Ventures, Y Combinator, and founders of companies like YouTube, Vimeo, and Skillshare (among others). I had the tremendous fortune of building the early product, scaling the team, and then leading the engineering org through acquisition.- Built and managed a team of 7 (two tech leads, four engineers, and data analyst)- Ran company-wide management training program to support multiple first time managers- Crafted hiring process and handbook, trained colleagues on effective and inclusive interviewing, and implemented Greenhouse to mature our hiring process- Initiated and guided engineering process (including engineering syncs, retrospectives, and task management Airtable)- Represented engineering organization in M&A talks- Worked with patent attorneys to craft our intellectual property strategy and write a patent- Collaborated with major partners like T-Mobile and Hoopla Digital to craft technical partnerships granting Hellosaurus access to their usersSee below for technical accomplishments.

New York, New York, Us

Before stepping into a Head of Engineering role (and at various points during my managerial tenure), I contributed to everything from architectural planning to fixing bugs and everywhere in between.- Built a no-code interactive video editor w/ React used by some of the world's most popular kids media creators to produce over 50 hours of award-winning content- Configured server and database infrastructure on AWS that scaled to support massive partnerships with companies like T-Mobile and The Wiggles- Built a TypeScript API to support a variety of clients on web, iOS, Android, and more- Set up marketing technology, analytics infrastructure, and dashboards using tools like Segment, Posthog, and Metabase to support many millions of weekly tracking events- Built highly-performant marketing website using Next.jsThe technologies I used most in this role include JavaScript, TypeScript, React, SQL, and AWS.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I left this role early in my tenure after being presented with a very special opportunity to join Hellosaurus as Founding Engineer and first employee.Mystery's learning experiences were used in over 50% of elementary schools in the United States, reaching millions of children each month and rivaling viewership rates of even the most popular children’s television shows. They were backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and Learn Capital before being acquired by Discovery Education.What I accomplished during my brief time here:- Improved homepage conversion rate by over 20%- Increased welcome email activity rate by over 400%- Raised awareness around best practices for experimental design, data integrity, and data infrastructure

New York, Ny, Us

DataCamp's Growth Engineering team was responsible for the acquisition and conversion layers of DataCamp's funnel. I was very grateful for the opportunity to build this team from the ground up.Some of what we accomplished:- Created multimillion dollar revenue through architecting, implementing, and integrating a microservice responsible for surfacing time-bound discounts and associated marketing materials based on behavioral indicators of likelihood to convert- Generated hundreds of leads for the sales team through the creation of an enterprise-focused resource center built with GatsbyJS- Improved homepage time-to-interactive by 7.5 seconds and speed index by 5 seconds- Improved course page time-to-interactive by 7 seconds and speed index by 3 seconds- Built out hiring flows & technical assessments for 3 full-time engineers & 2 interns- Conducted hundreds of resume reviews, interviews, and technical assessments- Completed hundreds of code reviews- Facilitated hundreds of hours of pairing sessions, weekly 1:1s, and agile ceremonies with a focus on servant leadership and fostering self-organization among members of the teamIn addition to my duties as Engineering Manager, I also acted as Product Manager for this team.

New York, Ny, Us

DataCamp is the leading platform for data science education, serving millions of learners from organizations like Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, AirBnB, Wells Fargo, and Deloitte.I worked as the first engineer on DataCamp's cross-functional Growth team, rapidly implementing and iterating upon experiments in product, design, and marketing.Some of what I accomplished:- Collaboratively ideated, designed, and developed over 50 experiments- Redesigned the user dashboard, leading to a 35% increase in content starts- Designed and developed a new lead generation channel, resulting in tens of thousands of leads for the sales team- Extracted marketing pages from Rails monolith into a static site built with GatsbyJS; improved first contentful paint by over 2 seconds, speed index by 5 seconds, and time to interactive by over 5 seconds- Redesigned course pages to increase registration rate by over 10%- Surfaced course recommendations leading to 13% increase in course completionsThe technologies I used most in this role include Ruby on Rails and ReactJS.

New York, Ny, Us

Quill.org is an education technology nonprofit backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google.org, AT&T Foundation, and others. Our free software has helped over 850,000 learners improve their literacy and critical thinking abilities.- Raised $1,000,000 from anonymous bitcoin millionaire with a single pull request- Worked on significant backend architecture overhaul for Rails site, helping it scale from ~200,000 to over 850,000 learners- Improved efficiency of SQL queries from over 30 seconds down to milliseconds- Fostered a culture of care for code quality, integrating new testing frameworks and massively increasing test coverage from ~20% to ~50%, resulting in precipitous decline in production bugs- Enhanced security by fixing dozens of critical security flaws and implementing tools and processes to prevent them from occurring in the future- Implemented features like premium reporting for teachers and schools, co-teaching functionality, a referral rewards system, and a teacher knowledge centerMain technologies used: Ruby, Rails, Postgres, SQL, Redis, React, Jest, Enzyme, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, HerokuQuill.org's LMS is open source, so you can see some of my contributions here: https://github.com/empirical-org/Empirical-Core/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+author%3Ajaredsilver

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Recruited as the first paid software development intern for education technology nonprofit backed by the Gates Foundation, Google.org, and AT&T Foundation to help build educational software for over 300k active learners- Built dynamically-generated PDFs w/ student login info- Created a dashboard for grading millions of student responses- Identified and remedied multiple critical security bugs, including a missing backend validation that would have allowed any user to become a superadmin - Significantly enhanced QA process & test coverage, preventing numerous bugs from making their way into productionMain technologies used: Ruby, Rails, React, React Router, Redux, Jest, Enzyme, Postgres, Redis, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Heroku, Firebase

New York, Ny, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

EdSurge Independent is a community of students around the world who care deeply about improving education. By convening some of the world's most passionate and talented student leaders, EdSurge Independent amplifies the most important -- yet often least heard -- voices in education: those of students. Each semester, a new cohort of thinkers, entrepreneurs, and change-makers come together to discuss the most pressing challenges in education and share their perspectives with the world. These EdSurge Independent Fellows have the opportunity to meet with leading experts in the education field: past examples include a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Founding Dean of Minerva Schools, and a software developer at AltSchool.I have the incredible privilege of helping to convene and organize this tremendously impressive group of individuals who care so deeply about moving education forward.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Selected as a member of the Spring 2017 cohort for EdSurge Independent, an EdSurge publication run entirely by students; engaging in dialogues about the future of education through weekly meetings with other cohort members and leaders in education technology; sharing thoughts and perspectives on the state of education by writing for the EdSurge Independent publication

Coralville, Iowa, Us

HLT is the market leader in mobile study applications. With hundreds of millions of practice questions answered, HLT apps help learners all around the world to pursue their dreams. I work as a member of the web team, building the web application and helping to manage the API with which all of the apps communicate.- Audited how mobile apps w/ over 100k daily active users consumed API, identifying strategies for reducing server load- Implemented new checkout flow to increase conversion rates and reduce drop-off- Automated part of the new web app creation process via Heroku API- Participated in cross-functional growth team & design sprint team- Developed custom quizzes feature, enabling for dynamic creation of study quizzes based on user criteria such as content area focus and number of questionsMain technologies used: Ruby on Rails, Postgres, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Capybara, Selenium, Heroku

New York, Ny, Us

Helped ensure that Codecademy students have the best possible experience learning to code by guiding and advising them through their educational journeys; helped students work through tricky technical exercises and projects, teaching and reinforcing best practices where relevant; provided mentorship in areas like Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, SQL, and more.

Coralville, Iowa, Us

Part of HLT's highly-selective paid software internship program; worked primarily on the web application with Ruby on Rails, Postgres, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Capybara, and Selenium; fixed bugs, implemented new features, and wrote unit and integration tests; gained experience working with agile methodology and continuous integration using GitHub, TravisCI, and Heroku; also had some exposure to Android and iOSA few of the projects I worked on:- Increasing test coverage throughout the application using Minitest, Selenium, and Capybara- Developing email reporting functionality for students to submit progress reports and test simulation results to their professors via email- Integrating Mixpanel tracking events throughout various areas of the application- Fixing a variety of front-end interface and back-end logic bugs- Making a number of design improvements to increase conversions and address learner needs

Incomplete, Business Administration And Management, General

Scholar'S Diploma