Software Engineer, Growth

Mixpanel•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Growth Engineering team at Mixpanel is responsible for increasing user activation and driving self-serve revenue. We work closely with Product, Design, and Marketing to grow the funnel of customers landing on our platform, implementing Mixpanel, and seeing value fast. We move fast, experiment constantly, and measure everything. Within growth: this role is for the Top of Funnel Pod, a small crew specifically targeting user acquisition and activation. Some examples of what we’ve shipped lately: AI powered Template event suggestions Improving the discoverability of Templates AI install wizard - get set up and have your data flowing faster As a Software Engineer on the Growth team, you will build and optimize the experiences that drive user acquisition, activation, and conversion at Mixpanel. A key focus of this role is web experimentation — you'll design, implement, and analyze A/B tests across our marketing site and product onboarding flows to improve key growth metrics. You'll work across the full stack, from frontend UI changes to backend data pipelines, and collaborate with Product and Design to turn experiment insights into product improvements. This is a high-impact role where your work directly influences Mixpanel's top-of-funnel growth and self-serve revenue.

Requirements

At least 2 years of full-stack software engineering experience
Excellent debugging and technical investigation skills
Strong technical communication, ideally with experience collaborating in an asynchronous remote environment
Ability to move fast and iterate — you take ownership of problems and focus on delivering value to users
A data-driven mindset

Nice To Haves

Interest in leveraging AI/GenAI to accelerate experimentation workflows
Prior experience on a growth engineering team or in a growth-focused role
React / TypeScript experience
Django / Python experience
Experience with experimentation platforms (e.g. Mixpanel, Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, Statsig, or similar)

Responsibilities

Develop experiments across Mixpanel's product and onboarding flows to optimize acquisition and activation metrics
Partner with Product and Design to identify high-impact experiment hypotheses grounded in data and user research
Instrument tracking and build dashboards (in Mixpanel!) to measure experiment outcomes and inform iteration
Build and improve onboarding experiences that drive down time to value for new Mixpanel users
Participate in team on-call rotation to improve our systems and keep them healthy