Staff Software Engineer, Growth (SEO & Acquisition)

The Role

What You’ll Own

• Design, build, and integrate scalable, observable systems and APIs that power acquisition, experimentation, analytics, and SEO/AEO‑friendly discovery; this includes crawlable architectures, rendering strategies, metadata, structured data, and key third‑party integrations.
• Build and maintain full‑stack features and backend services that support growth, acquisition, SEO, and modern AEO at scale.
• Make technical decisions by working backwards from desired outcomes, taking pride in delivering simple, pragmatic solutions that drive measurable impact.
• Partner closely with product, data, design, and marketing to deliver improvements in discoverability, performance, and user experience across web and platform surfaces.
• Leverage data, analytics, experimentation, and A/B testing to validate growth initiatives, inform trade‑offs, and iterate based on clear, well‑defined metrics.
• Contribute to AI‑enabled initiatives such as AI‑assisted discovery, search relevance, content understanding, personalization, or LLM‑powered experiences that enhance acquisition and visibility.

Who We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience; a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience is preferred, with advanced degrees a plus.
• Strong experience building modern services that power web products, including designing, implementing, and integrating APIs, internal services, and third‑party systems, and operating the cloud infrastructure behind them.
• Experience with our core service stack (TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL/PostgreSQL, REST/GraphQL), with exposure to cloud‑based and service‑oriented architectures (e.g., AWS, event‑driven systems, data platforms).
• Proficiency in full‑stack development with a backend focus, and a solid understanding of web fundamentals that influence SEO, AEO, and performance, such as rendering strategies, structured data, indexing, and page speed.
• Demonstrated experience building data‑driven systems, including strong SQL skills, data modeling, analytics tooling, experimentation frameworks, and A/B testing to support growth and acquisition work.
• Familiarity with modern growth, SEO, and AEO ecosystems, including search and analytics tooling, crawl and indexing considerations, and AI‑powered discovery platforms.
• Exposure to AI‑ or ML‑adjacent systems such as LLM‑powered search, ranking, personalization, or content understanding, with an interest in applying these technologies to real product problems.
• A proven ability to design robust, maintainable systems while also feeling comfortable shipping an initial version quickly, learning from feedback and data, and iterating.
• Comfort thriving in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment and contributing to improvements in performance, reliability, and operational efficiency across services and APIs.

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