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On March 13-15, two of our executives, CEO Arseniy Seroka and CBDO Roman Alterman, participated in the jury of MLHack.

Serokell Executives Participate as Judges in MLHack

On March 13-15, two of our executives, CEO Arseniy Seroka and CBDO Roman Alterman, participated in the jury of MLHack. 

## Searching for the future of AI 

[MLHack](http://mlhack.tech/) was a hackathon, organized by ITMO and Botan Investments, a small fund that invests, develops and mentors new projects. 

The goal of the hackathon was to build applied solutions for several problems in the sphere of machine learning, including voice and image generation. The winners of the hackathon got money prizes and an opportunity to go to Cyprus and participate in an accelerator. 

![Our executives participating as judges](/files/hd/hd2lxsd1.2_5445351170719614574.jpg)

Our executives and other members of the jury, which included machine learning experts and founders of other AI companies, were tasked with rating the teams.

## Helping the next generation

One of our main goals at Serokell, is to grow the next generation of specialists, be it developers or researchers in the areas covered by [Serokell Labs](https://serokell.io/labs). This hackathon was a great chance to witness and participate in the growth of IT talent, and we would like to thank MLHack for the opportunity. 

![The judges of MLHack](/files/0w/0wnp6zqd.2_5445351170719614577.jpg " ")

#SerokellChat on June 4th!

Learn tips and strategies to use when applying for software jobs, and which parts of Haskell are necessary to know to work in industry.

We will be hosting the next edition of #SerokellChat on 4th of the June at 2 PM GMT. 

Fitting for the second edition, this instance of our Twitter chat will have not 1, but 2 special guests! 

![Serokellchat banner](/files/gm/gmc3fniy.twitter2.jpg " ")

Since “how to get a Haskell job?” was an interesting topic to discuss, we’ve decided to delve deeper into it. 

One of our guests is Alexandra Voicehovska, our HR manager responsible for the day-to-day hiring process. If you apply for a job at Serokell, she is the one you are looking to impress. 

The other guest is none other than our Chief Architect Officer Jonn Mostovoy. As one of the co-founders of Serokell, he is the one who set the hiring philosophy of Serokell in motion. 

Both of these guests have experience with being on the company side of the hiring process. We think they can give valuable insight into how to present yourself in the best light and which skills to master to have the best chance at getting that elusive Haskell position. 


## What is a Twitter chat?

To join, find us at the [#SerokellChat](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23serokellchat) hashtag on 4th of June at 2 PM GMT, and participate in a discussion together with other Haskell enthusiasts and Serokell employees that work on actual production-grade Haskell code.

We will post 5 questions to guide the discussion, and you are welcome to discuss the questions with our special guests. The are a few rules to make it clearer for everyone to participate: 

1. Start the tweet with A + the number of question you're answering. 
2. Tag the tweet with #SerokellChat so that every participant can see it. 

![rules for Twitter chat image](/files/lo/loujetca.grpahics.jpg " ")

Everybody is welcome to participate. Book the time, follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/serokell), and see you at #SerokellChat! Meanwhile, you can see a quick summary of the previous chat [on our blog](https://serokell.io/blog/serokellchat-wrap-up).

Serokell at ZHF Hackathon

Last Friday, some of Serokellers participated in a hackathon in Moscow. Read about the hackathon and their experience in the article.

Last Friday, some of Serokellers participated in a semi-physical [Zero Hydra Failure Hackathon](https://nixhax.github.io/zhf-21.11/index.en.html) in [undefspace](https://undef.club/#about), Moscow.

![event attendants](/files/w2/w2p5yba2.5ef5b309d40d414bbc1dbdeeed5d4cb19cdfbfde.jpeg)

Together with other attendants, we managed to push more 6 PRs in less than 8 hours and fix a lot more packages (due to a fix of  `openjfx` by our site reliability engineer Alexander Bantyev). 

![yx0ymu17.IMG_20211120_004153.jpg](/files/yx/yx0ymu17.IMG_20211120_004153.jpg)

If you want to learn more about the event, you can read a short writeup on the [NixOS Discourse](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/zhf-hackathon-celebration-event/16079/5).

We Are Hiring a Haskell Team Lead

We’re seeking an experienced software engineer to supervise a team of Haskell developers.

Serokell is a fast-growing, fully-remote software development company that works on innovative solutions for complex problems in fields like biotech and data science. We’re packed full of adventurous, curious, and inclusive folks that want to build cutting-edge software with modern technologies like functional programming.

We’re seeking an experienced software engineer to supervise a team of Haskell developers. Our work is not only limited to Haskell development, so you will sometimes have to delve into and supervise other fantastic things, such as **research**, **frontend,** or **packaging**.


## **Duties**

Your primary responsibility will be to be the leader of a Haskell devotee team; the person eager to **review solutions**, **advise**, and **propose your own ideas**.

As a team lead, you will be responsible for:

*   **weekly** **status updates** and **monthly reports** to the customer
*   reviewing **PRs** and modifying code if necessary
*   assessing every member of your team by providing **fair** **feedback**
*   helping **team members** achieve their career goals
*   evaluating **top candidates** in case of team expansion
*   supervising **research** in the project you're leading


## **Requirements**

*   **solid understanding** of Haskell or a **strong will** to learn it
*   previous **experience** with managing software development teams
*   **spine of steel** for robust software development
*   **capacity** to review a lot of code
*   **determination** to manage issues
*   **openness** to new languages – be it Elixir, OCaml, or TypeScript.

Last but not least! We hope you like **Nix** as much as we do. We use Nix for plenty of things, although we do sometimes use other platforms like Docker too. Luckily, we have a dedicated team of Nix experts who are always happy to help.

By joining Serokell, you’ll become a part of a warm community of ingenious engineers, computer scientists, designers, marketing experts, and other inventive people. You will be able to take part in ambitious projects that work on building the next generation of computer software, try out crazy initiatives unhindered by bureaucracy or judgment, and have fun in our Slack channels that range from #music to #butthurt (did we mention the huge custom emoji set?).

If you’re ready for the adventure of your life, contact us via email: jobs@serokell.io.

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