Algolia

Software Engineer, Growth

Algolia$136K — $196K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience building production applications with a backend language (preferably Ruby, but Go is being explored)
  • Strong interest or experience in event-driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS
  • Ability to make data-informed decisions based on user experience impact
  • Familiarity with full-stack development with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tools
  • Passion for delivering exceptional user experiences across various user types, such as engineers and marketers

Responsibilities

  • Build innovative solutions to enhance user experiences with Algolia
  • Run experiments and A/B tests to optimize user engagement
  • Collaborate with Product and Design teams to identify and explore new opportunities
  • Evolve and scale the Growth platform in alignment with customer needs
  • Work cross-functionally to establish a robust growth foundation
  • Write high-quality, well-tested code and engage in peer code reviews
  • Gradually take ownership of projects from concept to delivery

Benefits

  • Flexible workplace options for remote or hybrid work
  • Autonomy in work style and location, prioritizing impact over presence
  • Access to a supportive, high-trust work environment
  • Collaborative culture that values diversity and initiative
  • Emphasis on personal and professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
To ensure our users make the most out of Algolia's powerful features, we need to first make sure that they understand our offerings and are able to set everything up quickly. The Growth org aims to help Algolia grow by working on changes in the product, introducing new features, and providing the best possible user experience. You will get to shape the user experience of our customers as they start using Algolia, help create a new Growth platform, collaborate with other engineers, and contribute to engineering best practices. We are looking for engineers who enjoy working close to users, shipping iteratively, measuring impact, and using data to decide what comes next. A few projects we've worked on recently include: • Building AI-powered experiences that help developers launch with Algolia faster • Improving activation journeys through experimentation and personalization • Scaling developer tools like DocSearch and integrations used by thousands of applications • Building Growth platforms around experimentation, notifications, and product insights Your role will consist of: • Building solutions to help users get the most out of Algolia • Running experiments and A/B tests to help choose the best possible solution • Collaborating with Product and Design teams to explore opportunities • Contributing to the evolution of our Growth platform, ensuring it scales with our customers and internal teams • Working with a range of teams to deliver a solid growth foundation • Writing high-quality, well-tested code and participating in code reviews • Contributing to improvements in engineering quality, processes, and tooling • Bringing ideas to the team roadmap and gradually owning projects from discovery through delivery • We follow a bottom-up approach: the teams come up with their own initiatives targeting our metrics and execute on them You might be a fit if you have: • Passion about delivering the best UX to diverse sets of users in various industries (engineers, marketers, merchandisers, etc.) • A mindset to make data-informed decisions and understand the impact of the changes you introduce • Some experience with, or a strong interest in, event-driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS • Experience building production applications with a backend language (we use Ruby today and are exploring Go) • Comfortable working across the stack or excited to grow into full-stack development with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tools Nice to have: • Experience working in a scale-up or Growth team • Experience with analytics platforms like Amplitude, Hex #LI-Remote The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Base Salary Pay Range $136,400-$196,100 USD FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY: Algolia's flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual's impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule. WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES: • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment. • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership. • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback. • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company. • HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside. We're looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world's best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration.

About Algolia

Algolia is a proprietary search engine offering, usable through the software as a service model.
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2012

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