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type: JobPosting
title: Growth Engineer
company: AthenaHQ
companyWebsite: "https://athenahq.ai"
category: growth-marketing
seniority: MID
contractType: FULL_TIME
remote: ONSITE
location: San Francisco, CA (On-site)
market: USA
postedAt: 2026-05-01
applyUrl: "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/athenahq/jobs/ZqNEuPw-growth-engineer?utm_source=syn_li"
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# Growth Engineer

**AthenaHQ** · San Francisco, CA (On-site)

The Role

We're hiring a Growth Engineer to build the engine that takes AthenaHQ to $10M+ ARR.

This is not a "run the blog and manage some paid spend" role. You'll own the entire growth function, working directly with the CEO and founding team to architect a repeatable, scalable revenue system. You will be responsible for both the **fuel** (the content, messaging, and creative that reaches our audience) and the **engine** (the channels, systems, and processes that distribute it and convert it into pipeline).

What You'll Do

Run Growth Experiments

- Design and execute experiments to increase lead generation across channels 
- Test hypotheses, measure results, and report findings to the team 
- Double down on what works and build compounding growth loops 
We won't judge you on failed experiments. We value curiosity and grit. Show us what you've got. 

Build Systems

- Architect end-to-end systems that make growth repeatable, not ad hoc 
- Own the marketing-to-sales-to-CSM handoff: build seamless flows so contacts move through our pipeline without friction 
- Set up and manage the tools, automations, and analytics infrastructure that power our growth engine 
You should have a high learning curve and be comfortable picking up new platforms from scratch 

Take Ownership

- We operate on a high-agency basis. If you see an opportunity or a problem, you take action instead of waiting for permission. 
Own results and entire areas of the company, not just tasks. At an early-stage startup, your scope expands as fast as you do. 

Be AI-Native

- You've built an end-to-end project in Claude Code (or similar) that you're comfortable demo'ing 
- You use AI tools daily to move faster, think more clearly, and multiply your output 
Be a power user of the AthenaHQ platform itself, providing daily product feedback to our product team 

What We're Looking For

- No specific background or years of experience required. We care about your ability to do the job. 
- Strong critical thinking. You form your own hypotheses about markets and channels, you don't blindly follow playbooks. 
- Systems-oriented mindset. You think in loops, leverage, and compounding, not one-off campaigns. 
- Comfort with ambiguity. You can figure out what to do when nobody has told you what to do. 
- Bias toward action. You ship, measure, learn, and iterate quickly. 
Clear communication. You can articulate what you're doing, why, and what you've learned. 

Why AthenaHQ

- Category-defining company. GEO/AEO is one of the biggest shifts in digital marketing in a decade. You'll be at the center of it. 
- Real traction. We're not pre-product. We have paying Fortune 500 customers and strong revenue growth. 
- YC-backed. W25 batch, with top-tier investors behind us. 
- Direct access to leadership. You'll work side-by-side with the CEO and founding team every day. 
Outsized impact. The growth systems you build here will directly determine the trajectory of the company. 

Details

- Location: In-person at our San Francisco office, 5 days a week 
- Reports to: CEO

[Apply →](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/athenahq/jobs/ZqNEuPw-growth-engineer?utm_source=syn_li)

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