Senior Growth Engineer

Our mission at Ello is simple and urgent: Maximize the potential of every child, everywhere.We’re building the world’s first AI teacher to close that gap: one that listens, speaks, adapts, and inspires, just like the best human educators.Our first product, Read with Ello, is already helping tens of thousands of kids each week learn to read. It listens as they read aloud, offers support when they stumble, and generates magical, personalized stories using generative AI. It works—and kids love it.Now, we’re scaling that success into something even bigger: a complete AI teacher for all children. We’re building a real-time learning platform—one that combines language, speech, and memory to power personalized, interactive education for kids worldwide. We’re moving fast: we ship weekly, test directly with kids and families, and push the boundaries of what AI can do in education.With the resources of the world's top investors and the heart of a public benefit corporation, we’re here to revolutionize how children learn globally. Featured on TIME’s Best Inventions and Fortune’s Change the World, Ello is a small, mission-driven team taking on one of the most important challenges of our time: to democratize education.About the roleWe’re looking for a strong Senior Growth Engineer to independently own end-to-end features to improve user acquisition, engagement, and retention for Ello. You will bridge the gap between engineering, product, and marketing to test and implement data-driven growth strategies. You’ll be part of a small and nimble team responsible for the full growth stack, from designing user-facing flows & prototype experiences to developing backend pipelines, experimentation frameworks, and analytics tooling. You are an engineer with a business mindset who enjoys finding leverage through code, loves rapidly iterating based on data, and thrives optimizing funnels and scaling user impact. You are comfortable working full-stack and across multiple programming environments. You have experience building growth features like A/B testing systems, referral programs, onboarding flows, and notifications. You’re highly curious and metrics-driven, with a strong bias toward experimentation and execution.We welcome candidates from all backgrounds – frontend, backend, growth product – but we prioritize strong technical foundations and proven impact on user or revenue growth. You’ve launched and scaled successful growth initiatives, either at a high-growth startup or as part of a dedicated growth team at a larger company. We work in-person out of our San Francisco office (minimum 3 days/week), and we’re big believers in face-to-face collaboration.ResponsibilitiesBuild and own growth features end-to-end, from ideation to deploymentDevelop A/B testing and experimentation frameworks to validate growth hypothesesCollaborate with product, marketing, and data to identify high-leverage growth opportunitiesImprove conversion, retention, and engagement across the user lifecycleBuild and iterate on onboarding, referral, and notification systemsAnalyze user data to generate actionable insights and inform strategyRequired ExperienceEngineering:Strong experience with growth-focused features (e.g. onboarding flows, developing in-app features, emails/notifications, referral loops)Experience with at least one of: Flutter, React (or equivalent web framework), native Android development in Java/Kotlin, or iOS development in Swift/ObjCLeveraged GenAI tools to accelerate your work impactFamiliarity with GenAI models & pipelines, including human eval infrastructureExperience with A/B testing infrastructure and analytics tools (e.g. Amplitude, Mixpanel, Segment, Google Analytics)Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL, and writing custom metrics queriesProficient with modern frontend frameworks (React, Flutter) and backend systems (Python, Node.js, Go, or equivalent)Ability to set up and interpret product metrics, dashboards, and cohort analysesGrowth & Product:Demons ... (truncated, view full listing at source)