the natural inanity behind the artificial intelligence
Comrades in the office. Comrades in Tuesday trivia nights. Comrades in IKEA furniture assembly. Comrades in line at Space Mountain.
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TEAM MEMBERS
16
HIRES IN THE LAST YEAR
12
LEFT HANDERS
704,000
USERS PER EMPLOYEE
meet our comrades
Many different talents, many different stories, but one thing in common: incredibly attractive.
Winda
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Winda Wijaya
- Hometown
- Pekanbaru 🇮🇩
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Striving to survive
- Superhero alterego
- Probably combination of the Powerpuff Girls
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Caged up in my room. Usually ended up reading, or watching random videos, or just thinking ...out loud
- Last thing you learned
- How to retrigger failed jobs in CI....
- Office
- Singapore
Eunice
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Annelicia Eunice Arabelle
- Hometown
- Surabaya, Indonesia
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Learn how to solve issues and drink Milo
- Superhero alterego
- Baymax - Maybe not a real superhero but Baymax is so cute. Bah-a-la-la-la~
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- go to window shopping xD
- Last thing you learned
- Setup Apple wallet
- Office
- Singapore
Natalie
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
- Full name
- Natalie Tereshchenko
- Hometown
- Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Equal parts time-keeper, problem-solver, bridge-builder and office snacks curator – the engine behind the scenes.
- Superhero alterego
- -
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Sleeping. Jk – I enjoy going to pilates, and finding the best pastries in San Francisco.
- Last thing you learned
- How to set up bathroom occupancy lights with a Matter-enabled hub, Zigbee motion sensor, and a smart plug.
- Office
- San Francisco
Vu
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Mai Anh Vu
- Hometown
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Current location
- -
- What do you really do?
- Yelling "Go-Go-Gadget Vibe Coding Agent" at the screen
- Superhero alterego
- Roy Mustang. Cunning, cool, and conflagrating.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- singing, lifting weights, watching animes, and learning languages.
- Last thing you learned
- "Semaphores" in programming actually originated from maritime flag signals from the 19th century
- Office
- Singapore
Larissa
DIGITAL LEARNING SPECIALIST
- Full name
- Larissa Beth Walder
- Hometown
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Current location
- San Francisco, CA
- What do you really do?
- Connect teachers and instructional leaders (principals, coaches, etc.) with awesome tools that make student learning more engaging and impactful
- Superhero alterego
- More "magical realism alter ego"--Tita from Like Water for Chocolate whose cooking is a bit magical. How wild to think of emotional states manifesting in the food we cook and share!
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Active (yoga, running, cooking, biking), cooking and exploring the food scene, musing about life, reading, socializing.
- Last thing you learned
- -
- Office
- San Francisco
ZiFong
PRODUCT DESIGNER
- Full name
- Zi Fong
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Design stuff that people enjoy and/or solves problems. Ideally both. With a lil magic sprinkled in!
- Superhero alterego
- Phoenix / Jean Grey from X-Men. My name means phoenix in Mandarin, so I’ve always felt a quiet connection. She reads minds, moves things with a thought - and like her, I can be a lil spicy at times, ha! 🐦🔥
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Scuba diving, illustrating at @theportraitlady.sg, discovering gems while thrifting, skateboarding through the hood in search of the next yumz bite/bev!
- Last thing you learned
- Humpback whales sing songs that can last for hours!! And they pass these songs across oceans, kinda like whale Spotify. TEARS. :”)
- Office
- Singapore
Duc
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Nguyen Viet Duc
- Hometown
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- Look at PR title, glance over code, LGTM -> Enter. Asking fellow engineers to do the same for mine.
- Superhero alterego
- Batman/Bruce Wayne
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- watching videos about outer space, having existential crisis, listening to the Interstellar soundtracks and having more existential crisis.
- Last thing you learned
- How to exit Vim ☠️
- Office
- Singapore
WenJie
EXTREMELY SENIOR INTERN
- Full name
- Beh Wen Jie
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Singapore
- What do you really do?
- read the onboarding slides
- Superhero alterego
- iron man cause he builds cool stuff
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- climbing a mountain ⛰️ or at the gym 🏋️♂️
- Last thing you learned
- how to clip in properly when lead climbing and we hiccup because we forget we are not fish 🐠
- Office
- San Francisco
Owen
SALES OPS ASSOCIATE
- Full name
- Owen Myers
- Hometown
- San Francisco, CA
- Current location
- SF
- What do you really do?
- Been known to whip up a mind map or two.
- Superhero alterego
- LeBron (longevity, peak, aura)
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Outside chasing a good sunset, dominating the YMCA basketball runs, and/or other tomfoolery
- Last thing you learned
- You can use cricket chirps to estimate the temperature. Count the number of chirps over 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get the temperature in Celsius.
- Office
- San Francisco
Gerard
DESIGN DIRECTOR
- Full name
- Gerard Searchfield
- Hometown
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
- Current location
- Sydney, Australia
- What do you really do?
- Create a beautiful experience for our customers, and of course making things look pretty.
- Superhero alterego
- Astro boy - there is simply no greater power than a butt laser.
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Giving my wife a break and taking my 2 year old daughter on adventures throughout this awesome city (SF).
- Last thing you learned
- My burrito delivery guy knows me by name now.
- Office
- Remote
Audrey
CUSTOMER OPS LEAD
- Full name
- Audrey Leong
- Hometown
- Singapore
- Current location
- Still, Singapore
- What do you really do?
- I look at legal stuff, compliance issues -- just a fancy way to say lots of paperwork. Also, joke around with the engineers in the office but if you ask them, they'll say I'm annoying them.
- Superhero alterego
- CAPTAIN AMERICAAAA!!! He's been such an upright moral compass to the Avengers and a gentleman to boot :')
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Working on my watercolours. They're so unpredictable.
- Last thing you learned
- A chicken’s brain senses visual changes from its body movements, and sends signals to its neck to adjust accordingly. This is why a chicken’s head is more stable than a gimbal that costs tens of thousands.
- Office
- Singapore
Maguire
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Full name
- Maguire McMahon
- Hometown
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Current location
- SF
- What do you really do?
- Train AI models
- Superhero alterego
- Starlord, elite music taste
- When you’re not running padlet you are
- Hanging with my cat, working out, golfing, or playing video games
- Last thing you learned
- I'm not engaging my lower body at all on my golf swing.
- Office
- San Francisco
our preferences
Where we stand on the important issues of the world.
Coke Zero
52.9%
VS
Diet Coke
47.1%
Window seat
45.7%
VS
Aisle seat
54.3%
Pineapple
on pizza?
67.6%
VS
Yuk!
32.4%
Netflix
payer
100%*
VS
Netflix
"borrower"
0%*
*suspicious results
Cat
39.1%
VS
Dog
60.9%
iOS
81.4%
VS
Android
18.6%
*suspicious results
if we were wizards
So what type of personalities are we? Courageous? Ambitious? Loyal? Intelligent? We asked the sorting hat.
34.4 %
Gryffindor
32.8 %
Hufflepuff
18 %
Ravenclaw
14.8 %
Slytherin
Gryffindor
0 %
Hufflepuff
0 %
Ravenclaw
0 %
Slytherin
0 %
music for work
A crowdsourced playlist of music that gets us into the mood to work. A rather high proportion of movie soundtracks.