Linktree · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Growth (Copy) (Copy)
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $215K/yr
5+ years expLinktree is on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow, and monetize their digital universe. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Growth team, focusing on SEO, AEO, and acquisition by building scalable systems that enhance discoverability across various platforms.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Preferred
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience is preferred, with advanced degrees a plus
Benefits
An annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set-up - the choice is yours!
100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees.
Employer contribution towards your retirement.
Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time, and other categories.
Employee stock option program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success.
Company
Linktree
Linktree is a software firm that provides a platform to make user's online content more discoverable and easy to manage.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$167.35MKey Investors
UK Space Agency
2024-01-05Grant· $1.65M
2022-03-16Series B· $110M
2021-03-24Series B· $45M
Leadership Team
Alex Zaccaria
Co-Founder and CEO
Anthony Zaccaria
Co-Founder
Recent News
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