5+ years of experience in shipping production web applications with strong full-stack fundamentals (Rails and React)
Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments with changing priorities
Strong frontend development skills with a focus on user experience
Proficient in SQL and analytics, with a strong understanding of metrics
Proven track record of owning projects from inception to iteration
Excellent communication skills with non-engineering teams
Experience in startup environments and familiarity with AI tooling workflows
Responsibilities
Ship features in the Middesk dashboard to enhance customer discovery and trial experiences
Build and optimize self-service onboarding for small businesses
Lead the engineering efforts for the middesk.com site rebuild, focusing on structure and performance
Collaborate daily with Marketing, Sales, and Account Management to prioritize the engineering backlog
Utilize Middesk's internal agents to tackle growth challenges through data enrichment and funnel analysis
Benefits
Opportunity to shape the growth strategy as the first Growth Engineer
Work closely with cross-functional teams including Marketing and Sales
Engage in a dynamic startup environment with evolving challenges
Contribute to impactful projects that directly affect customer acquisition and retention
Access to hands-on AI tooling and innovative engineering practices
Full Job Description
About The Role:
We're hiring our first-ever Growth Engineer to join a small engineering pod that works directly with Marketing and GTM to bring more of the right customers to Middesk and help existing customers get more out of the platform. You'll ship features across the acquisition and expansion funnel - in-product trials, self-service onboarding, the middesk.com rebuild, expansion signal automation- instrument them, and use the results to decide what's next. Every project has a number attached to it.
What You'll Do:
Ship features in the Middesk dashboard that let customers discover and trial new products in context, such as trial credits, side-by-side proof points, and in-product case studies that show the lift a product would deliver on the customer's own data.
Build and improve self-service onboarding so that smaller businesses can sign up, get value, and convert without a sales touch.
Own the engineering behind the middesk.com rebuild: site structure, performance, content written for both humans and AI agents, hosted demo environments, and the testing infrastructure that lets Marketing iterate without an engineer in the loop.
Work day to day with Marketing, Sales, and Account Management to understand what they're seeing in the funnel and turn that into a prioritized backlog.
Apply Middesk's internal agents to growth problems: account and contact enrichment, content research, topic curation, and funnel analysis.
What We're Looking For:
5+ years shipping production web applications with strong full-stack fundamentals - we run Rails and React.
Deep comfort operating in ambiguous environments where assumptions and priorities change routinely.
Strong frontend skills and an eye for user-facing quality.
Comfort with SQL, analytics, and defining and defending a metric.
A track record of owning outcomes end to end, including measurement and iteration after launch.
Strong communication with Marketing, Sales, and other non-engineering partners.
Startup experience and a hands-on AI tooling workflow.
Nice-To-Have:
Prior growth engineering, product-led growth, or experimentation experience, including A/B testing frameworks and funnel analytics.
SEO or AI search (AEO) experience, or experience building marketing sites that serve as a real acquisition channel.
Fintech, compliance, or identity background where data accuracy matters.
Former founder or early-stage startup engineer.
About Middesk
Middesk is a San Francisco-based company that provides a platform for businesses to verify the legitimacy of other businesses. The company was founded in 2018 by Kyle Mack and Kurt Ruppel. Middesk's platform uses machine learning algorithms to analyze public data and provide insights into a company's legitimacy, such as its legal structure, ownership, and financial health. The company's customers include banks, insurance companies, and other businesses that need to verify the legitimacy of their partners and vendors.
