## **The Role**
We're hiring a Growth Engineer to build the engine that takes AthenaHQ to $10M+ ARR.
This is not a "run the blog and manage some paid spend" role. You'll own the entire growth function, working directly with the CEO and founding team to architect a repeatable, scalable revenue system. You will be responsible for both the **fuel** (the content, messaging, and creative that reaches our audience) and the **engine** (the channels, systems, and processes that distribute it and convert it into pipeline).
## **What You'll Do**
## **Run Growth Experiments**
- Design and execute experiments to increase lead generation across channels
- Test hypotheses, measure results, and report findings to the team
- Double down on what works and build compounding growth loops
- We won't judge you on failed experiments. We value curiosity and grit. Show us what you've got.
## **Build Systems**
- Architect end-to-end systems that make growth repeatable, not ad hoc
- Own the marketing-to-sales-to-CSM handoff: build seamless flows so contacts move through our pipeline without friction
- Set up and manage the tools, automations, and analytics infrastructure that power our growth engine
- You should have a high learning curve and be comfortable picking up new platforms from scratch
## **Take Ownership**
- We operate on a high-agency basis. If you see an opportunity or a problem, you take action instead of waiting for permission.
- Own results and entire areas of the company, not just tasks. At an early-stage startup, your scope expands as fast as you do.
## **Be AI-Native**
- You've built an end-to-end project in Claude Code (or similar) that you're comfortable demo'ing
- You use AI tools daily to move faster, think more clearly, and multiply your output
- Be a power user of the AthenaHQ platform itself, providing daily product feedback to our product team
## **What We're Looking For**
- No specific background or years of experience required. We care about your ability to do the job.
- Strong critical thinking. You form your own hypotheses about markets and channels, you don't blindly follow playbooks.
- Systems-oriented mindset. You think in loops, leverage, and compounding, not one-off campaigns.
- Comfort with ambiguity. You can figure out what to do when nobody has told you what to do.
- **Bias toward action**. You ship, measure, learn, and iterate quickly.
- Clear communication. You can articulate what you're doing, why, and what you've learned.
## **Why AthenaHQ**
- **Category-defining company.** GEO/AEO is one of the biggest shifts in digital marketing in a decade. You'll be at the center of it.
- **Real traction.** We're not pre-product. We have paying Fortune 500 customers and strong revenue growth.
- **YC-backed.** W25 batch, with top-tier investors behind us.
- **Direct access to leadership.** You'll work side-by-side with the CEO and founding team every day.
- **Outsized impact.** The growth systems you build here will directly determine the trajectory of the company.
## **Details**
- **Location:** In-person at our San Francisco office, 5 days a week
- **Reports to:** CEO
Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
