Software Engineer

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel turns data clarity into innovation. Trusted by more than 29,000 companies, including Workday, Pinterest, LG, and Rakuten Viber, Mixpanel’s AI‑first digital analytics help teams accelerate adoption, improve retention, and ship with confidence. The platform combines product and web analytics, session replay, experimentation, feature flags, and metric trees.

About the Team

The Growth Engineering team is responsible for increasing user activation and driving self‑serve revenue. It works closely with Product, Design, and Marketing to grow the funnel of customers landing on the platform, implementing Mixpanel, and seeing value fast. The Top of Funnel Pod specifically targets user acquisition and activation, delivering projects such as:

• AI‑powered template event suggestions
• Improving discoverability of templates
• AI install wizard for faster data flow

About the Role

As a Software Engineer on the Growth team, you will build and optimize experiences that drive user acquisition, activation, and conversion. A key focus is web experimentation—designing, implementing, and analyzing A/B tests across the marketing site and product onboarding flows to improve growth metrics. You will work across the full stack, from frontend UI changes to backend data pipelines, and collaborate with Product and Design to turn experiment insights into product improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop experiments across Mixpanel’s product and onboarding flows to optimize acquisition and activation metrics
• Partner with Product and Design to identify high‑impact experiment hypotheses grounded in data and user research
• Instrument tracking and build dashboards (in Mixpanel) to measure experiment outcomes and inform iteration
• Build and improve onboarding experiences that drive down time to value for new Mixpanel users
• Participate in team on‑call rotation to improve system health

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

• At least 2 years of full‑stack software engineering experience
• Excellent debugging and technical investigation skills
• Strong technical communication, ideally with experience collaborating in an asynchronous remote environment
• Ability to move fast and iterate—ownership of problems and focus on delivering value to users
• A data‑driven mindset

Bonus Points For

• Interest in leveraging AI/GenAI to accelerate experimentation workflows
• Prior experience on a growth engineering team or in a growth‑focused role
• React / TypeScript experience
• Django / Python experience
• Experience with experimentation platforms (e.g., Mixpanel, Optimizely, LaunchDarkly, Statsig, or similar)

Compensation

Total target cash compensation (TTCC) ranges from $193,500 – $236,500 USD, including base salary and variable compensation (company bonus or commissions). The role is also eligible for equity and benefits such as medical, vision, and dental insurance.

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental care
• Mental wellness benefit
• Generous vacation policy & additional company holidays
• Enhanced parental leave
• Volunteer time off
• Pre‑tax benefits including 401(k), wellness benefit, holiday break

Benefits and perks for contract positions may vary.

Culture Values

• Make Bold Bets: Choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight: Combine data, experience, and collective wisdom to drive powerful outcomes.
• One Team: Collaborate across boundaries for greater impact.
• Candor with Connection: Build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback.
• Champion the Customer: Deeply understand customer needs; their success is the north star.
• Powerful Simplicity: Find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.

Why Choose Mixpanel?

Mixpanel is a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and $277M raised from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Y Combinator, and Bain Capital. The event‑based data analytics platform helps companies understand user behaviors and track key success metrics. Working at Mixpanel means helping innovative companies learn from their data to make better decisions.

Mixpanel is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity and inclusion. It encourages applications from women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ individuals