# Full Stack Software Engineer - Growth at Substack

- Company: Substack
- What the company does: The app for independent voices. Backed by General Catalyst, Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://substack.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco (HQ)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-19
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/substack/110ac422-58fb-461f-b249-9072eff43f3a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/substack-full-stack-software-engineer-growth/

## About the role

Develop features that help writers make more money on Substack Design and run experiments to improve sign-up conversion, first-action completion, and D1 / D7 retention, with particular attention to users arriving from different surfaces (organic search, App Store browse, creator-shared links, paid campaigns)

## What they're looking for

- At least 3+ years of software engineering experience
- Independent and autonomous. We’re too small to micromanage, and expect that every person at the company owns their work and can be a leader
- Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems
- Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences. Substack works best when it gets out of the way so writers can focus on writing and connecting with their readers
- Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team
- Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing

Tags: Engineering