Software Engineer (Growth)
Recruiting From Scratch · San Francisco, CA
$200,000–$260,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack growth engineering role at a Series A voice AI startup, focused on building and iterating on the web platform that handles user acquisition, onboarding, and conversion. Day-to-day work spans React/TypeScript frontend development, Node.js backend APIs, analytics instrumentation, and A/B experimentation frameworks. Suited to engineers with 3–7 years of full-stack experience who have shipped measurable growth improvements at early-stage SaaS companies.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,650 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,400–3,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The job title carries no seniority level ('Software Engineer (Growth)'), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The stated experience range of 3–7 years and the scope (owning features end-to-end on a small Series A team) maps to Mid-level on the career ladder, despite the high compensation band.
A Bachelor's degree in CS or a technical discipline is listed as 'preferred', and the posting explicitly notes that exceptional candidates without it will be considered — so no hard degree gate is set.
The analytics instrumentation requirement names Segment, Amplitude, Mixpanel, and PostHog as interchangeable examples ('such as'); Segment is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives.
Experience with API-first products or developer tools is explicitly called 'preferred' in the Technical Requirements section and is therefore not treated as a hard gate.
Early-stage startup experience (Series A or earlier) is listed as preferred, not required, and names no specific technology — omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
The role is hybrid in San Francisco; remote=false reflects that it cannot be done fully remotely.
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