Growth Engineer

A strategic, data-driven growth engineer to help us identify, build, and scale new acquisition channels for Shelf. This person will be responsible for designing, running, and measuring high-impact experiments—whether that means seeding interest on different platforms, optimizing SEO, automating outreach, or unlocking new viral loops that we haven't yet considered. The goal is to establish a presence and machine that can reach millions of users via word-of-mouth. Responsibilities Build, track, and iterate on growth experiments to drive user acquisition and engagement. Optimize SEO, landing pages, and virality mechanics to improve discoverability and conversion. Identify new distribution channels—whether it's community-driven, referral-based, or something nobody else is thinking about. Automate outreach and engagement efforts (e.g., mass DMing, email sequences, programmatic content distribution). Work cross-functionally with design, engineering, and marketing to ensure growth opportunities aren't blocked. We're early stage, so you'll have an outsized equity stake and an unparalleled opportunity to shape the company's direction.

We're a small, but mighty team with backgrounds in big tech, as startup founders and as early members at successful startups. We've come together around a shared vision and are dedicated to creating important and positive experiences for cyberspace. We're well resourced Series A company (unannounced rounds) & backed by top-tier investors, including the backers of companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, Snap, and Twitter, as well as the founders of companies like Zynga, VSCO, and Scale and the people behind artists like Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Lorde, Logic, and Panic! At The Disco, and many others. Our team is advised by the founders of Pinterest, Dubsmash (now Reddit), as well as pioneers of digital marketing and market design from Harvard.