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Landing pages, onboarding funnel, experimentation, attribution, and lifecycle messaging all belong to you. You'll work across the entire funnel - from the first ad impression or search result, through signup and onboarding, into first chat, subscription and long-term retention. You'll write the code, ship the pages, wire the events, run the tests, and read the results yourself. You'll partner closely with our clinical and compliance teams to make sure every page, claim and experiment is medically accurate and HIPAA-safe.\nYour responsibilities\nAcquisition and conversion surfaces:\nShip programmatic and SEO-driven page systems for condition, medication and geo intent\nIntegrate paid ad platforms with our attribution stack so every channel's true contribution is measurable\nBuild and iterate high-velocity landing pages and funnels in React + TypeScript\nOwn patient acquisition and onboarding end to end\nProduct-led growth:\nBuild in-product growth loops - activation nudges, referrals, sharing and re-engagement surfaces\nDesign onboarding that gets patients to first real value fast, then to habitual use\nDesign, build and launch experiments and MVPs autonomously - from hypothesis to shipped test to readout, without waiting to be told what to try\nTurn patient behavior signals into personalized in-product prompts, with clinical review in the loop\nExperimentation and attribution:\nOwn the experimentation platform end to end - assignment, exposure, guardrails, readouts\nInstrument the funnel in Amplitude and keep the event taxonomy trustworthy\nLifecycle:\nPartner with the clinical team to keep patients engaged with Clara over the long term and realize better health outcomes\nBuild event-triggered lifecycle journeys across onboarding rescue, reactivation and re-engagement\nOwn the CRM surfaces - email, SMS and in-product notifications - and the logic that decides who hears what, when\nWhat we're looking for\nRequired:\n3+ years software engineering, including 12+ months in a dedicated growth engineering role\nStrong full-stack ability - React + TypeScript front end, Python or TypeScript services\nExperience with product analytics instrumentation (Amplitude, Mixpanel or similar) and event taxonomy design\nExperience scoping and prioritizing initiatives using RICE or a similar framework, and defending the call\nNice to haves:\nMedical domain knowledge or healthcare AI experience\nComfortable using LLMs as a production tool for content, creative and internal tooling\nWhat Clara offers founding engineers\nImpact:\nShip code that affects real patient health outcomes\nMake architectural decisions for an AI-first medical practice\nWork directly with founders on technical strategy\nTeam & culture:\nHigh-performance founding team at the forefront of healthcare AI\nIn-person collaboration in San Francisco (5 days/week)\nTalk to real patients and providers regularly\nNo bureaucracy, ship fast\nTechnology stack\nGrowth stack: Amplitude (incl. session replay + Experiment), Customer.io, Stripe, Google/Meta/Reddit Ads APIs. 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