Software Engineer, Growth

Algolia; United States; Hybrid; USD 136,400 - 196,100; Full time

Job summary

Algolia in the United States seeks engineers for the Growth organization to shape the user experience as customers begin using Algolia, help build a new Growth platform, and collaborate with other engineers to contribute to engineering best practices. You’ll ship iteratively, measure impact with data, and drive decisions on what to build next.

Key projects include AI-powered experiences, improved activation journeys, and scaling developer tools like DocSearch and integrations used by thousands

Qualifications

• Deliver the best UX to diverse users across industries.
• Make data-informed decisions and understand impact of changes.
• Experience with event-driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS.
• Backend experience with Ruby or Go.
• Frontend/full-stack with TypeScript/React and modern frontend tools.

Responsibilities

• Build solutions to help users get the most out of Algolia.
• Run experiments and A/B tests to choose the best solution.
• Collaborate with Product and Design to explore opportunities.
• Evolve Growth platform to scale with customers and internal teams.
• Deliver a solid growth foundation with multiple teams.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate in reviews.
• Improve engineering quality, processes, and tooling.
• Drive roadmap ideas and own projects from discovery to delivery.
• Own bottom-up initiatives that target metrics and execute on them.

Skills

UX for diverse users

Data-informed decisions

Event-driven infra (GCP/AWS)

Ruby or Go backend

Full-stack with TS/React

Tools

Amplitude

Hex

Job description

About Algolia

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing‑fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market‑leading platform and serving incredible customers such as Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

Job Overview

The Growth org aims to help Algolia grow by working on changes in the product, introducing new features, and providing the best possible user experience. You will shape the user experience of our customers as they start using Algolia, help create a new Growth platform, collaborate with other engineers, and contribute to engineering best practices.

We are looking for engineers who enjoy working close to users, shipping iteratively, measuring impact, and using data to decide what comes next.

Key Projects

• Building AI‑powered experiences that help developers launch with Algolia faster
• Improving activation journeys through experimentation and personalization
• Scaling developer tools like DocSearch and integrations used by thousands of applications
• Building Growth platforms around experimentation, notifications, and product insights

Job Responsibilities

• Building solutions to help users get the most out of Algolia
• Running experiments and A/B tests to help choose the best possible solution
• Collaborating with Product and Design teams to explore opportunities
• Contributing to the evolution of our Growth platform, ensuring it scales with our customers and internal teams
• Working with a range of teams to deliver a solid growth foundation
• Writing high‑quality, well‑tested code and participating in code reviews
• Contributing to improvements in engineering quality, processes, and tooling
• Bringing ideas to the team roadmap and gradually owning projects from discovery through delivery
• Owning bottom‑up initiatives that target our metrics and execute on them

Required Qualifications

• Passion about delivering the best UX to diverse sets of users across various industries (engineers, marketers, merchandisers, etc.)
• Mindset to make data‑informed decisions and understand the impact of changes
• Experience with or strong interest in event‑driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS
• Experience building production applications with a backend language (Ruby or Go)
• Comfortable working across the stack or excited to grow into full‑stack development with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tools

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a scale‑up or Growth team
• Experience with analytics platforms like Amplitude, Hex

Values & Culture

• GRIT – Problem‑solving and perseverance capability in an ever‑changing and growing environment.
• TRUST – Willingness to trust our co‑workers and to take ownership.
• CANDOR – Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
• CARE – Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
• HUMILITY – Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

EEO Statement

Algolia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation

Base Salary Pay Range: $136,400 – $196,100 USD

Workplace Strategy

Algolia’s flexible workplace model empowers employees to work wherever they are most productive. We have offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, and many team members work fully remotely or in hybrid‑remote arrangements. Positions labeled “Remote” are only available for remote work within the specified country.