Founding Growth Engineer for an AI Platform

HappyRobot; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Equity

Autonomy & ownership

Job summary

HappyRobot is seeking a Founding Product Growth Engineer to own how our product is understood, positioned, and adopted in the market, working directly with both CTO & Head of Product. This is a role for a creative, high-judgment marketer with excellent taste who sets a high bar for quality and wants to build a function from the ground up.

You will sit at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Sales, and Growth, translating what we build into stories that land with the right buyers and users,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in product marketing, growth, or a related role at a high-growth B2B SaaS, AI, or developer-focused company.
• Track record of launching products or features from start to finish, with strong writing and copywriting skills.
• Experience working across Product, Engineering, and Sales or GTM teams to align on a single message.
• Ability to balance strategic work (positioning, narrative) with hands‑on execution (assets, channel testing, experiments).

Responsibilities

• Positioning & Narrative: Own how we describe our product and why it matters. Translate complex capabilities into clear, compelling messaging for each audience, and keep that story consistent across the website, launches, and sales conversations.
• Launches: Run product and feature launches end to end. Partner with Product and Engineering on timing and messaging, and make sure Sales and the field are enabled with the narrative, assets, and materials they need on day one.
• Growth & Distribution: Identify and test the channels that reach our audience. Work on activation, onboarding, and conversion messaging, run experiments across the funnel, and double down on what works.
• Customer & Market Insight: Talk to users and customers regularly to understand their needs, objections, and mental models. Track competitors and the broader landscape, and bring those insights back into product and marketing decisions.

Skills

Product marketing

Growth strategies

Copywriting

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

HappyRobot is seeking a Founding Product Growth Engineer to own how our product is understood, positioned, and adopted in the market, working directly with both CTO & Head of Product. This is a role for a creative, high-judgment marketer with excellent taste who sets a high bar for quality and wants to build a function from the ground up.

You will sit at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Sales, and Growth, translating what we build into stories that land with the right buyers and users,