Lead Software Engineer - Growth

About the Company

Arcade is building the infrastructure that will power the next generation of AI applications. We are creating a definitive tools catalog and tool-calling platform that allows AI models to take real-world actions, acting as the connective tissue between AI and the digital world.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction and delivery for Growth engineering, including activation flows, onboarding, billing, and developer experience surfaces.
• Ship code daily across the stack, including React frontends and Go/Python backend services.
• Lead and mentor a small team of engineers, providing code reviews and setting technical standards.
• Build experimentation and measurement layers such as feature flags, A/B tests, and funnel instrumentation.
• Reduce time-to-value by eliminating friction in MCP Gateway setup, OAuth configuration, and documentation.
• Navigate cross-team dependencies with Platform and Tools engineering to unblock activation work.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Deep backend and systems expertise with experience in production APIs, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python.
• Architectural fluency across the full stack, including the ability to contribute to React codebases.
• Experience working across multiple independent services and managing cross-service dependencies.
• A growth-oriented mindset focused on funnels, activation metrics, and experimentation.
• Experience leading small teams through mentorship and architectural decision-making.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, early-stage startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OAuth/OIDC flows or identity systems.
• Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem.
• Experience building developer onboarding or PLG infrastructure.
• Experience setting up growth data infrastructure like PostHog.
• Open-source contributions or experience at an early-stage startup.