Hi, We're System1!

System1 (NYSE: SST) is an omnichannel customer acquisition marketing platform powered by AI and machine learning. Our proprietary Responsive Acquisition Marketing Platform (RAMP) uses data science and real-time bidding to match high-intent consumers with advertisers at scale. We operate a portfolio of consumer-facing brands across search, shopping, and travel — including Startpage, MapQuest, and CouponFollow — and build the apps, search engines, and online publications that power them. 

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Startpage (part of System1) is the world's most private search engine. We deliver high-quality search results through a privacy-preserving proxy layer that strips identifying information before queries leave our infrastructure. Users get the search experience they expect without being tracked, profiled, or targeted. 

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Startpage is looking for a full-stack Senior Software Developer to work alongside our existing team. This is a full-time, on-site position with the expectation of a 40-hour work week from our Bellevue, WA office. 

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At a high level, Startpage engineers work with our product team to build out new features on our roadmap, primarily for our private search engine, our flagship product. We also help to shape architectural decisions, while proactively tackling tech debt, bugs, and other engineering tasks. All developers at Startpage work with a wide variety of languages, tools, and technologies across all parts of the stack. Generally, day-to-day work across our stack includes mostly Python and JavaScript. 

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We are a small but fast-moving, adaptable team, and we are rapidly iterating our products to meet the ever-changing demands of the open internet in the world of AI. The team is distributed across time zones in North America and Europe. While we don’t maintain a strict schedule, everyone on the team overlaps their days for 4-5 hours so we can all work together for a portion of our day. 

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Ideal candidates for this role are self-starters who take initiative and learn things quickly, are flexible in dealing with rapidly evolving technical requirements, and have a good eye for balancing quality, output volume, and complexity. Startpage developers are expected to oversee their work from tickets to production deployments and monitoring, and should feel confident and comfortable releasing changes to a highly-trafficked, internationally distributed web product multiple times per week. 

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Given Startpage is a privacy-focused product, previous experience working on a privacy-focused web product would be an asset, but is not a hard requirement. Similarly, our developers are expected to have a high level of attention to detail in order to maintain the privacy of our users, which we take very seriously. Engineering at Startpage means working on systems where privacy is a real architectural constraint, not a marketing line. This role also requires participation in our emergency on-call rotation.

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This position is a hybrid role requiring you to work out of our Bellevue, WA office located at 10800 NE 8th Street Suite 200 Bellevue, WA 98004.

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Technical Qualifications and Desired Experience:

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• Excellent communications skills, strong command of the English language
• 5+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production web services at scale.
• Deep understanding of HTTP and all of its moving parts: front-ends, back-ends, serving infrastructure, DNS, etc.
• Good understanding of REST API architectures, both writing them and consuming them.
• Experience with JavaScript (TypeScript/Node.js/React), modern CSS, and HTML.
• Experience with Python—our backend services are predominantly written in Python.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm in a multi-region production environment and a good working knowledge of K8s concepts.
• Proficient with Docker and containerized service development.
• Experience with Redis and/or similar caching strategies in latency-sensitive systems.
• Comfortable with modern CI/CD tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with monitoring and instrumenting services such as New Relic, Datadog, Cloudwatch, etc.
• Strong automated testing experience and discipline (unit, integration, and end-to-end tests).
• Experience with AI coding tools and a good understanding of when it is appropriate to move quickly with these tools versus when it is important for human oversight.
• Experience with AWS or other modern cloud provider(s) for serving well-architected, scalable web applications.
• Any background or previous experience in search, ad tech, or browser-facing privacy products would be an asset but not a must.

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What We Have To Offer:

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• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - 170,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

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Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

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System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 (NYSE: SST) is an omnichannel customer acquisition marketing platform powered by AI and machine learning. Our proprietary Responsive Acquisition Marketing Platform (RAMP) uses data science and real-time bidding to match high-intent consumers with advertisers at scale. We operate a portfolio of consumer-facing brands across search, shopping, and travel — including Startpage, MapQuest, and CouponFollow — and build the apps, search engines, and online publications that power them. 

​

Startpage (part of System1) is the world's most private search engine. We deliver high-quality search results through a privacy-preserving proxy layer that strips identifying information before queries leave our infrastructure. Users get the search experience they expect without being tracked, profiled, or targeted. 

​

Startpage is looking for a full-stack Senior Software Developer to work alongside our existing team. This is a full-time, on-site position with the expectation of a 40-hour work week from our Bellevue, WA office. 

​

At a high level, Startpage engineers work with our product team to build out new features on our roadmap, primarily for our private search engine, our flagship product. We also help to shape architectural decisions, while proactively tackling tech debt, bugs, and other engineering tasks. All developers at Startpage work with a wide variety of languages, tools, and technologies across all parts of the stack. Generally, day-to-day work across our stack includes mostly Python and JavaScript. 

​

We are a small but fast-moving, adaptable team, and we are rapidly iterating our products to meet the ever-changing demands of the open internet in the world of AI. The team is distributed across time zones in North America and Europe. While we don’t maintain a strict schedule, everyone on the team overlaps their days for 4-5 hours so we can all work together for a portion of our day. 

​

Ideal candidates for this role are self-starters who take initiative and learn things quickly, are flexible in dealing with rapidly evolving technical requirements, and have a good eye for balancing quality, output volume, and complexity. Startpage developers are expected to oversee their work from tickets to production deployments and monitoring, and should feel confident and comfortable releasing changes to a highly-trafficked, internationally distributed web product multiple times per week. 

​

Given Startpage is a privacy-focused product, previous experience working on a privacy-focused web product would be an asset, but is not a hard requirement. Similarly, our developers are expected to have a high level of attention to detail in order to maintain the privacy of our users, which we take very seriously. Engineering at Startpage means working on systems where privacy is a real architectural constraint, not a marketing line. This role also requires participation in our emergency on-call rotation.

​

This position is a hybrid role requiring you to work out of our Bellevue, WA office located at 10800 NE 8th Street Suite 200 Bellevue, WA 98004.

​

Technical Qualifications and Desired Experience:

​

• Excellent communications skills, strong command of the English language
• 5+ years of professional software development experience building and operating production web services at scale.
• Deep understanding of HTTP and all of its moving parts: front-ends, back-ends, serving infrastructure, DNS, etc.
• Good understanding of REST API architectures, both writing them and consuming them.
• Experience with JavaScript (TypeScript/Node.js/React), modern CSS, and HTML.
• Experience with Python—our backend services are predominantly written in Python.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm in a multi-region production environment and a good working knowledge of K8s concepts.
• Proficient with Docker and containerized service development.
• Experience with Redis and/or similar caching strategies in latency-sensitive systems.
• Comfortable with modern CI/CD tooling (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with monitoring and instrumenting services such as New Relic, Datadog, Cloudwatch, etc.
• Strong automated testing experience and discipline (unit, integration, and end-to-end tests).
• Experience with AI coding tools and a good understanding of when it is appropriate to move quickly with these tools versus when it is important for human oversight.
• Experience with AWS or other modern cloud provider(s) for serving well-architected, scalable web applications.
• Any background or previous experience in search, ad tech, or browser-facing privacy products would be an asset but not a must.

​

What We Have To Offer:

​

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - 170,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 is seeking a highly motivated individual who will play a critical role in our Tax Department.

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This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

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What You’ll Do:

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• Role will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Tax.
• Responsible for the completion and review quarterly and year-end provision calculations, tax footnotes and related disclosures.
• Responsible for the completion and review corporate federal and multi-state income and franchise tax returns.
• Responsible for the completion and review of federal and state partnership tax returns.
• Responsible for Up-C tax receivable agreement calculations.
• Responsible for partnership tax distributions.
• Oversee the maintenance of the tax department filing calendar and ensure all tax returns, extensions and estimated payments are made in a timely manner.
• Oversee the compliance and filing of applicable sales & use and VAT.
• Responsible for handling tax audits and coordinating with various tax authorities.
• Work closely with various business units, CFO’s and controllers to obtain required tax information.
• Assist with tax planning.
• Perform research and work on special projects.
• Supervision of tax staff.
• Monitor current and proposed federal, state and local and international tax developments to determine impact on the company.

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What You’ll Bring:

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• Minimum 8+ years full-time experience, preferably in a large public accounting firm and/or similar experience with a publicly traded company.
• Knowledge of corporate and partnership taxation as well as ASC 740 and FIN 48.
• Highly motivated, detail-oriented person.
• Ability to operate beyond standard scope of responsibility.
• Possess strong decision-making skills and be able to operate independently.
• Highly organized and adept at prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Strong project management skills.  Must be able to take a project from initiation to completion.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.
• Undergraduate Accounting Degree required.
• CPA/Masters in Taxation Degree preferred.

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What We Have To Offer:

​

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 is seeking a highly motivated individual who will play a critical role in our Tax Department.

​

This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

​

What You’ll Do:

​

• Role will report directly to the Senior Vice President of Tax.
• Responsible for the completion and review quarterly and year-end provision calculations, tax footnotes and related disclosures.
• Responsible for the completion and review corporate federal and multi-state income and franchise tax returns.
• Responsible for the completion and review of federal and state partnership tax returns.
• Responsible for Up-C tax receivable agreement calculations.
• Responsible for partnership tax distributions.
• Oversee the maintenance of the tax department filing calendar and ensure all tax returns, extensions and estimated payments are made in a timely manner.
• Oversee the compliance and filing of applicable sales & use and VAT.
• Responsible for handling tax audits and coordinating with various tax authorities.
• Work closely with various business units, CFO’s and controllers to obtain required tax information.
• Assist with tax planning.
• Perform research and work on special projects.
• Supervision of tax staff.
• Monitor current and proposed federal, state and local and international tax developments to determine impact on the company.

​

What You’ll Bring:

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• Minimum 8+ years full-time experience, preferably in a large public accounting firm and/or similar experience with a publicly traded company.
• Knowledge of corporate and partnership taxation as well as ASC 740 and FIN 48.
• Highly motivated, detail-oriented person.
• Ability to operate beyond standard scope of responsibility.
• Possess strong decision-making skills and be able to operate independently.
• Highly organized and adept at prioritizing multiple tasks.
• Strong project management skills.  Must be able to take a project from initiation to completion.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.
• Undergraduate Accounting Degree required.
• CPA/Masters in Taxation Degree preferred.

​

What We Have To Offer:

​

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

About Startpage:

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Startpage is System1’s flagship privacy technology brand, delivering high-quality private search, browsing, and AI experiences to millions worldwide. Founded in the Netherlands and built on privacy-by-design, Startpage operates the world’s second-largest private search engine for users who demand a safer, better web.

​

Startpage is a profitable, scaled global business generating significant revenue, gross profit, and EBITDA, with a loyal and growing international user base.

​

Search is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. AI is redefining how users discover information, how platforms monetize attention, and how digital businesses are built and operated. We are seeking a General Manager to lead Startpage’s AI transformation — rearchitecting product, growth, monetization, and operations to build the leading AI-native, privacy-first search platform globally.

​

Role Overview:

​

The General Manager is the full P&L owner of Startpage.  You will own and drive the operating plan and financial performance of a profitable business while aggressively evolving its strategy to compete in the AI-driven future of search.

​

This role requires balancing bold transformation with financial discipline — driving innovation while protecting profitability, brand trust, and capital efficiency.

​

The GM must view AI not as a feature layer, but as core infrastructure shaping product, growth systems, monetization, and operating workflows.  You will operate with an owner mentality — running Startpage as a standalone business with founder-level accountability, supported by the scale and resources of System1.

​

Core Mandate:

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·   Transform Startpage into an AI-native search and discovery platform

​

·   Redefine privacy-first search experiences beyond traditional query-response models

​

·   Reinvent monetization models for AI-enhanced search

​

·   Embed AI into core operating workflows across product, marketing, analytics, and operations

​

·   Deliver sustained user and query growth while maintaining disciplined profitability

​

This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

​

Growth & Distribution Acceleration:- Drive global user and query growth through product expansion, performance marketing, lifecycle initiatives, and content/community strategies.

• Expand distribution via browsers, OEMs, privacy platforms, and publishers.
• Originate, structure, negotiate, and close high-impact strategic partnerships.
• Increase experimentation velocity through AI-assisted insights and automation.

AI-Native Product Reinvention:- Define and execute the long-term vision and multi-quarter roadmap for AI-enhanced, privacy-first search and browsing experiences.

• Develop differentiated AI-powered user experiences within privacy-by-design principles.
• Evaluate build, partner, and acquisition strategies for AI capabilities.
• Ensure AI innovation enhances trust, transparency, and user control.

Monetization & Financial Discipline:- Reimagine monetization models for AI-enhanced search experiences.

• Optimize yield with search, advertising, and feed partners while maintaining privacy alignment.
• Drive disciplined forecasting, capital allocation, and margin management.
• Improve unit economics and long-term scalability.
• Deliver transformation while protecting EBITDA and financial resilience.

AI-Augmented Operating Model:- Redesign internal workflows to be AI-first across product, growth, analytics, and operations.

• Shorten build-test-scale cycles through automation and intelligent tooling.

Leadership & Cultural Transformation:- Build and lead an AI-fluent, high-performance leadership team.

• Foster a culture of experimentation, speed, accountability, and intelligent risk-taking.
• Recruit and develop talent that thrives in AI-native environments.
• Serve as a credible spokesperson for Startpage with users, partners, media, and the global privacy community.

What Success Looks Like (24–36 Months):- Meaningful acceleration in global DAU/MAU and query growth

• Clear AI-differentiated product experiences
• Faster product iteration cycles and experimentation velocity
• Expanded global distribution partnerships
• Improved monetization yield and scalable unit economics
• AI embedded across core operating workflows
• Strengthened market position as the leading scaled privacy-first alternative

What You’ll Bring:- 5+ years of experience in consumer internet, search, AI products, private search, or high-growth digital platforms.

• 2+ years in a GM, Business Unit, or comparable P&L leadership role or as an entrepreneur.
• Demonstrated experience within the past 12-18 months leading AI-driven product innovation or business transformation.
• Proven ability to redesign operating models using AI and automation.
• Strong understanding of growth systems, monetization mechanics, and partnership economics.
• Financial acumen — able to build models, manage forecasts, and make capital-efficient decisions.
• Technical fluency to partner effectively with engineering, product, and data teams.
• Analytical, experimentation-driven mindset.
• High bias for action — you test and learn rather than overanalyze.
• Entrepreneurial operator who moves quickly and embraces calculated risk.
• Mission alignment with privacy as a strategic competitive advantage.

Why This Role Is Unique:- A Profitable Platform at Scale - Startpage is not an early-stage startup. It is a profitable, global business with meaningful revenue, EBITDA, and a loyal user base.

• True Transformation Mandate - This is not a caretaker role. You will define and execute the next chapter of private search in the AI era.
• AI at the Core of Search - As search and AI converge, Startpage sits at the center of this evolution — offering the opportunity to shape the privacy-first alternative at global scale.
• Founder-Level Autonomy - System1 operates its divisions as standalone businesses. As GM, you will run Startpage with founder-level autonomy, supported by the capital and infrastructure of a larger organization.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

About Startpage:

​

Startpage is System1’s flagship privacy technology brand, delivering high-quality private search, browsing, and AI experiences to millions worldwide. Founded in the Netherlands and built on privacy-by-design, Startpage operates the world’s second-largest private search engine for users who demand a safer, better web.

​

Startpage is a profitable, scaled global business generating significant revenue, gross profit, and EBITDA, with a loyal and growing international user base.

​

Search is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. AI is redefining how users discover information, how platforms monetize attention, and how digital businesses are built and operated. We are seeking a General Manager to lead Startpage’s AI transformation — rearchitecting product, growth, monetization, and operations to build the leading AI-native, privacy-first search platform globally.

​

Role Overview:

​

The General Manager is the full P&L owner of Startpage.  You will own and drive the operating plan and financial performance of a profitable business while aggressively evolving its strategy to compete in the AI-driven future of search.

​

This role requires balancing bold transformation with financial discipline — driving innovation while protecting profitability, brand trust, and capital efficiency.

​

The GM must view AI not as a feature layer, but as core infrastructure shaping product, growth systems, monetization, and operating workflows.  You will operate with an owner mentality — running Startpage as a standalone business with founder-level accountability, supported by the scale and resources of System1.

​

Core Mandate:

​

·   Transform Startpage into an AI-native search and discovery platform

​

·   Redefine privacy-first search experiences beyond traditional query-response models

​

·   Reinvent monetization models for AI-enhanced search

​

·   Embed AI into core operating workflows across product, marketing, analytics, and operations

​

·   Deliver sustained user and query growth while maintaining disciplined profitability

​

This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

​

Growth & Distribution Acceleration:- Drive global user and query growth through product expansion, performance marketing, lifecycle initiatives, and content/community strategies.

• Expand distribution via browsers, OEMs, privacy platforms, and publishers.
• Originate, structure, negotiate, and close high-impact strategic partnerships.
• Increase experimentation velocity through AI-assisted insights and automation.

AI-Native Product Reinvention:- Define and execute the long-term vision and multi-quarter roadmap for AI-enhanced, privacy-first search and browsing experiences.

• Develop differentiated AI-powered user experiences within privacy-by-design principles.
• Evaluate build, partner, and acquisition strategies for AI capabilities.
• Ensure AI innovation enhances trust, transparency, and user control.

Monetization & Financial Discipline:- Reimagine monetization models for AI-enhanced search experiences.

• Optimize yield with search, advertising, and feed partners while maintaining privacy alignment.
• Drive disciplined forecasting, capital allocation, and margin management.
• Improve unit economics and long-term scalability.
• Deliver transformation while protecting EBITDA and financial resilience.

AI-Augmented Operating Model:- Redesign internal workflows to be AI-first across product, growth, analytics, and operations.

• Shorten build-test-scale cycles through automation and intelligent tooling.

Leadership & Cultural Transformation:- Build and lead an AI-fluent, high-performance leadership team.

• Foster a culture of experimentation, speed, accountability, and intelligent risk-taking.
• Recruit and develop talent that thrives in AI-native environments.
• Serve as a credible spokesperson for Startpage with users, partners, media, and the global privacy community.

What Success Looks Like (24–36 Months):- Meaningful acceleration in global DAU/MAU and query growth

• Clear AI-differentiated product experiences
• Faster product iteration cycles and experimentation velocity
• Expanded global distribution partnerships
• Improved monetization yield and scalable unit economics
• AI embedded across core operating workflows
• Strengthened market position as the leading scaled privacy-first alternative

What You’ll Bring:- 5+ years of experience in consumer internet, search, AI products, private search, or high-growth digital platforms.

• 2+ years in a GM, Business Unit, or comparable P&L leadership role or as an entrepreneur.
• Demonstrated experience within the past 12-18 months leading AI-driven product innovation or business transformation.
• Proven ability to redesign operating models using AI and automation.
• Strong understanding of growth systems, monetization mechanics, and partnership economics.
• Financial acumen — able to build models, manage forecasts, and make capital-efficient decisions.
• Technical fluency to partner effectively with engineering, product, and data teams.
• Analytical, experimentation-driven mindset.
• High bias for action — you test and learn rather than overanalyze.
• Entrepreneurial operator who moves quickly and embraces calculated risk.
• Mission alignment with privacy as a strategic competitive advantage.

Why This Role Is Unique:- A Profitable Platform at Scale - Startpage is not an early-stage startup. It is a profitable, global business with meaningful revenue, EBITDA, and a loyal user base.

• True Transformation Mandate - This is not a caretaker role. You will define and execute the next chapter of private search in the AI era.
• AI at the Core of Search - As search and AI converge, Startpage sits at the center of this evolution — offering the opportunity to shape the privacy-first alternative at global scale.
• Founder-Level Autonomy - System1 operates its divisions as standalone businesses. As GM, you will run Startpage with founder-level autonomy, supported by the capital and infrastructure of a larger organization.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 is looking for a senior engineering leader to serve as a strategic partner to the CTO and provide strong, opinionated technical leadership across multiple businesses and shared platforms. This role will shape technical strategy, guide architectural decisions, and ensure engineering execution aligns tightly with business priorities in an environment with real scale, real tradeoffs, and meaningful complexity.

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The ideal candidate is deeply technical, comfortable operating at executive altitude, and energized by making high‑quality decisions in complex, ambiguous environments where data is incomplete and tradeoffs are real. You will work closely with senior engineering leaders, product, data, and business stakeholders to drive clarity, direction, and accountability.

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This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

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The Role You Will Have:

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• Provide strong, opinionated technical leadership across multiple engineering organizations and businesses
• Own and evolve System1’s technical strategy and architectural principles
• Act as the final decision-maker for cross‑business and cross‑org architectural initiatives
• Partner closely with the CTO as a trusted thought partner on technical, organizational, and execution decisions
• Represent engineering leadership in executive forums, reviews, and cross‑functional discussions
• Lead and influence senior engineering leaders, architects, and principal engineers
• Set clear standards and expectations that balance speed, quality, scalability, cost, and long‑term optionality
• Drive clarity around decision rights, escalation paths, and accountability
• Partner deeply with Product, Data, and Business leadership to translate strategy into technical execution
• Push back constructively when scope, timelines, or approaches are unrealistic
• Remove ambiguity, unblock execution, and raise the quality of technical decision‑making across the organization

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What Success Looks Like Within The First 6 - 12 Months:

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• Engineering leaders have clear technical direction and architectural principles
• Cross‑business technical decisions are faster, more consistent, and higher quality
• The business experiences stronger technical opinions and clearer tradeoffs
• Engineering execution remains stable and predictable as the company scales
• The CTO can delegate with confidence and maintain continuity when unavailable

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What You Will Bring - Technical Experience:

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• 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large‑scale, distributed systems
• Deep architectural expertise across cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and application systems
• Strong judgment evaluating tradeoffs across performance, reliability, cost, and complexity
• A hands‑on technical background; while this is not a day‑to‑day coding role, you are expected to lead by example, stay close to the code and architecture, and dive deep when decisions warrant it
• Curiosity and willingness to stay current with modern development practices, including emerging approaches such as agentic and AI‑assisted coding

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What You Will Bring - Leadership & Influence:

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• Proven experience leading senior engineers, managers, and technical leaders
• Track record of making and defending difficult technical decisions
• High emotional intelligence and strong executive presence
• Ability to influence outcomes through clarity, credibility, and trust

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What You Will Bring - Business & Product Acumen:

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• Strong understanding of how technology decisions impact revenue, margins, and risk
• Experience partnering with product, finance, and business leaders
• Comfortable saying no, explaining tradeoffs, and aligning stakeholders

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What You Will Bring - Personal Attributes:

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• Opinionated but pragmatic; decisive without being dogmatic
• Calm under pressure and credible in high‑stakes situations
• Low‑ego, high‑ownership mindset
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and incomplete information

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What We Have To Offer:

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• Competitive salary + bonus + equity
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

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The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000 - $246,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

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Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

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System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are seeking a high-impact Digital Marketing Specialist to join our growth team as a dedicated individual contributor. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day execution, optimization, and management of our digital marketing ecosystem.

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Unlike a traditional management role, this position focuses on the "hands-on-keyboard" execution of our performance marketing and retention strategies. You will be the primary operator across our core platforms, ensuring that every dollar spent is optimized for high-quality customer acquisition and long-term subscription retention.

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Subscription Lifecycle Focus: Managing a subscription brand requires a nuanced understanding of the customer journey beyond the initial conversion. You will be responsible for managing the following lifecycle stages.

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This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

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1. Channel Execution & Optimization- Media Buying: Manage the daily operations of paid social (Meta, TikTok) and search (Google) accounts. This includes setting up campaigns, managing bids, and monitoring performance against CAC and ROAS targets.

• A/B Testing Implementation: Execute rigorous split-testing protocols for ad copy, creative assets, and landing page elements to incrementally improve conversion rates.

1. Performance Monitoring & Analysis- Data Integrity: Ensure all tracking (UTMs, pixels, and server-side events) is functioning correctly to maintain data accuracy across Shopify and GA4.

• Weekly Reporting: Aggregate data from multiple sources to create performance snapshots. You will be responsible for identifying trends and surfacing opportunities for optimization to the leadership team.
• Cohort Analysis: Monitor subscription cohort health, specifically looking for drop-off points in the first 90 days of the subscriber journey.

1. Creative & Content Coordination- Creative Briefing: Translate performance data into actionable briefs for the creative team. You will identify which hooks and visual styles are winning and request iterations based on evidence.

• Copywriting: Draft compelling, brand-aligned copy for ads, email subject lines, and SMS alerts that drive action while maintaining our unique brand voice.

Professional Qualifications:- Experience: 3–5 years of direct experience in digital marketing for a D2C/consumer brand. A track record of working within a subscription-based business model is essential.

• Technical Mastery: Hands-on proficiency in Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads and Tiktok. Familiarity with subscription apps like Recharge, Skio, or Stay is highly advantageous.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to interpret data. You should be comfortable with Google Analytics 4 and attribution platforms (e.g., Triple Whale, Northbeam).
• Execution-Minded: You are someone who enjoys the technical details of campaign setup and the "craft" of digital marketing.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)- Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): Maintaining efficiency across paid channels.

• Churn Rate: Improving retention through optimized lifecycle messaging.
• LTV (6-Month & 12-Month): Increasing the projected value of acquired customers.
• Conversion Rate (CR): Optimizing the path to purchase for first-time subscribers.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

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System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

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System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are seeking a high-impact Digital Marketing Specialist to join our growth team as a dedicated individual contributor. In this role, you will be responsible for the day-to-day execution, optimization, and management of our digital marketing ecosystem.

​

Unlike a traditional management role, this position focuses on the "hands-on-keyboard" execution of our performance marketing and retention strategies. You will be the primary operator across our core platforms, ensuring that every dollar spent is optimized for high-quality customer acquisition and long-term subscription retention.

​

Subscription Lifecycle Focus: Managing a subscription brand requires a nuanced understanding of the customer journey beyond the initial conversion. You will be responsible for managing the following lifecycle stages.

​

This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

​

1. Channel Execution & Optimization- Media Buying: Manage the daily operations of paid social (Meta, TikTok) and search (Google) accounts. This includes setting up campaigns, managing bids, and monitoring performance against CAC and ROAS targets.

• A/B Testing Implementation: Execute rigorous split-testing protocols for ad copy, creative assets, and landing page elements to incrementally improve conversion rates.

1. Performance Monitoring & Analysis- Data Integrity: Ensure all tracking (UTMs, pixels, and server-side events) is functioning correctly to maintain data accuracy across Shopify and GA4.

• Weekly Reporting: Aggregate data from multiple sources to create performance snapshots. You will be responsible for identifying trends and surfacing opportunities for optimization to the leadership team.
• Cohort Analysis: Monitor subscription cohort health, specifically looking for drop-off points in the first 90 days of the subscriber journey.

1. Creative & Content Coordination- Creative Briefing: Translate performance data into actionable briefs for the creative team. You will identify which hooks and visual styles are winning and request iterations based on evidence.

• Copywriting: Draft compelling, brand-aligned copy for ads, email subject lines, and SMS alerts that drive action while maintaining our unique brand voice.

Professional Qualifications:- Experience: 3–5 years of direct experience in digital marketing for a D2C/consumer brand. A track record of working within a subscription-based business model is essential.

• Technical Mastery: Hands-on proficiency in Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads and Tiktok. Familiarity with subscription apps like Recharge, Skio, or Stay is highly advantageous.
• Analytical Skills: Strong ability to interpret data. You should be comfortable with Google Analytics 4 and attribution platforms (e.g., Triple Whale, Northbeam).
• Execution-Minded: You are someone who enjoys the technical details of campaign setup and the "craft" of digital marketing.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)- Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC): Maintaining efficiency across paid channels.

• Churn Rate: Improving retention through optimized lifecycle messaging.
• LTV (6-Month & 12-Month): Increasing the projected value of acquired customers.
• Conversion Rate (CR): Optimizing the path to purchase for first-time subscribers.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 is building the next generation of AI Agent–powered consumer products, and we’re looking for a Lead AI Product Engineer to help lead the effort. You’ll design, build, and operate our most ambitious AI agent systems from early prototypes through production, owning core architecture, reliability, and performance as these products scale.

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This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role for a builder who can move quickly from concept to working systems, shipping, iterating, and hardening real agent workflows that deliver consumer value at scale.

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This role sits at the intersection of multi-agent orchestration, agentic coding, and production engineering, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI while directly influencing real-world product outcomes and business performance.

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You do not need prior experience with every protocol or framework listed below—we value strong systems thinking, production experience, and the ability to learn fast in emerging domains.

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What You’ll Do:- Build and operate multi-agent systems that plan, coordinate, and execute tasks across multiple tools and services, to solve real user problems at scale.

• Implement agentic coding workflows, where agents generate code, run tests, create diffs or PRs, and iterate autonomously within guardrails.
• Design agent orchestration layers (planners, supervisors, evaluators) to manage task decomposition, retries, and long-running execution.
• Instrument and monitor agent behavior across success, failure, latency, cost, and human overrides, with exposure to agent-to-tool payment flows as the ecosystem evolves.
• Collaborate with Product & Design to translate user problems into shippable agent workflows, iterating quickly based on real-world feedback.

What You’ll Bring:- Strong experience building LLM-powered systems in production, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, tool/function calling, and agentic coding workflows where agents write, modify, and validate code within guardrails.

• Solid backend engineering skills with Python and/or Node.js, designing APIs, async services, and background workers that support long-running, stateful agent workflows.
• Experience designing multi-step, agent-driven execution loops (plan → act → evaluate → retry), with explicit state management, idempotency, and failure recovery.
• Comfort with distributed systems primitives (queues, pub/sub, durable state, rate limiting, concurrency controls) required to coordinate agents at scale.
• Proven ability to instrument and observe agent behavior, emitting structured events for task success, failures, retries, overrides, and code-generation outcomes.
• Experience deploying and operating systems on cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), using Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with inter-agent communication patterns, including message schemas, shared memory, blackboard systems, or event-driven coordination.
• Experience implementing agent evaluation pipelines (prompt regression tests, simulation-based evals, automated scoring, human-in-the-loop review).
• Understanding of cost-aware execution for agents (dynamic model routing, caching, batching, budget constraints).
• Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, and persistent memory strategies.
• Exposure to emerging agent protocols (e.g., x402 payment flows, MCP), with the ability to implement evolving specs pragmatically.

Who You Are:- You operate with high urgency, agency, and a bias for action, translating ideas into working systems quickly, learning from real-world signals, and iterating continuously.

• You pair speed with rigor, bringing strong engineering fundamentals (systems thinking, evaluation discipline, reliability) so each iteration is meaningfully better, not just different.
• You embrace a “long is wrong” mindset, simplifying, automating, and removing bottlenecks to consistently reduce cycle time.
• You think and act like an owner, making sound tradeoffs and taking end-to-end accountability for performance, reliability, cost, and user experience.
• You optimize for technological leverage, building reusable primitives, tooling, and patterns that compound team output over time.
• You are growth-minded, working backward from LTV/CAC and prioritizing engineering work that moves activation, retention, conversion, and cost per successful outcome.
• You excel at constraint removal, unblocking execution and increasing innovation per unit time, including through agentic tool use with clear guardrails and observability.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

System1 is building the next generation of AI Agent–powered consumer products, and we’re looking for a Lead AI Product Engineer to help lead the effort. You’ll design, build, and operate our most ambitious AI agent systems from early prototypes through production, owning core architecture, reliability, and performance as these products scale.

​

This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering role for a builder who can move quickly from concept to working systems, shipping, iterating, and hardening real agent workflows that deliver consumer value at scale.

​

This role sits at the intersection of multi-agent orchestration, agentic coding, and production engineering, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI while directly influencing real-world product outcomes and business performance.

​

You do not need prior experience with every protocol or framework listed below—we value strong systems thinking, production experience, and the ability to learn fast in emerging domains.

​

What You’ll Do:- Build and operate multi-agent systems that plan, coordinate, and execute tasks across multiple tools and services, to solve real user problems at scale.

• Implement agentic coding workflows, where agents generate code, run tests, create diffs or PRs, and iterate autonomously within guardrails.
• Design agent orchestration layers (planners, supervisors, evaluators) to manage task decomposition, retries, and long-running execution.
• Instrument and monitor agent behavior across success, failure, latency, cost, and human overrides, with exposure to agent-to-tool payment flows as the ecosystem evolves.
• Collaborate with Product & Design to translate user problems into shippable agent workflows, iterating quickly based on real-world feedback.

What You’ll Bring:- Strong experience building LLM-powered systems in production, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, tool/function calling, and agentic coding workflows where agents write, modify, and validate code within guardrails.

• Solid backend engineering skills with Python and/or Node.js, designing APIs, async services, and background workers that support long-running, stateful agent workflows.
• Experience designing multi-step, agent-driven execution loops (plan → act → evaluate → retry), with explicit state management, idempotency, and failure recovery.
• Comfort with distributed systems primitives (queues, pub/sub, durable state, rate limiting, concurrency controls) required to coordinate agents at scale.
• Proven ability to instrument and observe agent behavior, emitting structured events for task success, failures, retries, overrides, and code-generation outcomes.
• Experience deploying and operating systems on cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), using Docker and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with inter-agent communication patterns, including message schemas, shared memory, blackboard systems, or event-driven coordination.
• Experience implementing agent evaluation pipelines (prompt regression tests, simulation-based evals, automated scoring, human-in-the-loop review).
• Understanding of cost-aware execution for agents (dynamic model routing, caching, batching, budget constraints).
• Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, and persistent memory strategies.
• Exposure to emerging agent protocols (e.g., x402 payment flows, MCP), with the ability to implement evolving specs pragmatically.

Who You Are:- You operate with high urgency, agency, and a bias for action, translating ideas into working systems quickly, learning from real-world signals, and iterating continuously.

• You pair speed with rigor, bringing strong engineering fundamentals (systems thinking, evaluation discipline, reliability) so each iteration is meaningfully better, not just different.
• You embrace a “long is wrong” mindset, simplifying, automating, and removing bottlenecks to consistently reduce cycle time.
• You think and act like an owner, making sound tradeoffs and taking end-to-end accountability for performance, reliability, cost, and user experience.
• You optimize for technological leverage, building reusable primitives, tooling, and patterns that compound team output over time.
• You are growth-minded, working backward from LTV/CAC and prioritizing engineering work that moves activation, retention, conversion, and cost per successful outcome.
• You excel at constraint removal, unblocking execution and increasing innovation per unit time, including through agentic tool use with clear guardrails and observability.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Startpage is the second-largest private search engine on the planet, used by millions who demand a better, safer web. We’re entering a major new growth chapter - and we’re hiring a growth hacker to build the engine that powers it.

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This is not a traditional marketing role. It’s a high-visibility, high-ownership position for a creative builder who wants to shape how a category-defining product scales. You’ll report directly to the General Manager of Startpage, operate with significant autonomy, and lead the programs that accelerate acquisition, activation, and loyalty across web, app, and browser experiences.

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If you’re a roll-up-your-sleeves builder and an AI-powered strategist who takes ideas from 0→1, this is your stage.

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This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

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The Role You Will Have:- Own the growth roadmap for Startpage: design, test, and scale initiatives that expand reach, app installs, and browser usage globally.

• Lead the non-paid growth playbook: content flywheels, organic social, community and forums, partnerships, IRL pop-ups, surprise-and-delight stunts - anything that earns attention and trust.
• Run smart bets with exploratory budgets across channels; double down where you see signal and sunset what doesn’t move the needle.
• Hands-on ownership: ideate, prototype in AI, make the assets, launch the campaign, wire the tracking, iterate.
• Launch campaigns across TikTok, app stores, influencer and creator collaborations, podcasts, brand partnerships, and viral social formats - then author crisp business cases for where we invest next.
• Define KPIs, instrumentation, and dashboards; make data-driven calls to scale, pivot, or kill experiments quickly.
• Be our trend radar and cultural translator: bring fresh ideas from the internet’s front lines into our growth engine.
• Partner tightly with social, product, design, and analytics to ship fast, learn faster, and create compounding growth loops.

What You Will Bring:- 5+ years in growth marketing or a related role, with a track record of non-traditional, high-velocity experimentation for tech or digital products.

• Scrappy attitude: 0→1 builder who executes end-to-end. Prioritizing doing over delegating.
• Sharp analytical chops; you can evaluate full-funnel performance across channels and distill complex data into clear, decisive next steps.
• Hands-on experience allocating budgets and working with influencer/creator programs.
• Comfort building and prototyping using AI tools.
• Bonus: experience growing subscription businesses or mobile apps.

Why This Role Is Different:- Global canvas, real impact: You’ll shape the growth of a product millions use every day, in a category that truly matters - privacy.

• Autonomy with upside: You’ll run the playbook, place the bets, and get the resources you need as channels prove out.
• Visibility and velocity: Direct line to leadership, rapid iteration cycles, and the chance to define how a beloved product breaks into its next phase.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - 182,875 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We’re looking for a full-stack growth marketer who thrives at the intersection of performance marketing, technical execution, and creative experimentation. This is a hands-on role designed for someone who can take new consumer products (both ad-supported and subscription) from zero to scale — iterating quickly, experimenting relentlessly, and uncovering the breakout opportunities that drive real growth.

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You’ll own the full growth stack: some days you’ll be knee-deep in attribution setup, conversion tracking, and analytics; other days you’ll be testing creative hooks, launching campaigns across ad platforms, and optimizing bids and audiences in real time. Most importantly, you’ll be hunting for growth levers — finding pockets of opportunity, validating them with rapid tests, and scaling what works.

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This position is an onsite role requiring you to work in our headquarters located at 4235 Redwood Ave. Los Angeles, CA  90066.

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What You'll Do:- Build and execute go-to-market growth strategies for early-stage products.

• Identify, validate, and scale high-impact acquisition channels, audiences, and creative angles.
• Launch and manage campaigns across Search, GDN, Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Native, and other paid platforms.
• Develop and run structured experiments to test messaging, funnels, and targeting hypotheses.
• Work directly with engineers or code yourself to wire up analytics, attribution, and conversion tracking (e.g., GA4, Mobile Measurement Partners (MMPs), Amplitude, etc.).
• Analyze performance data and rapidly iterate on creative, targeting, landing pages, and funnel flows.
• Create and manage short-form video ads and other creative assets that drive conversions.
• Frequently collaborate cross-functionally with leadership, product managers and engineering leads to align growth efforts with product evolution.

What We’re Looking For:- 5-7 years experience driving growth for early-stage consumer products or startups.

• Deep, hands-on experience owning performance and spend in at least one major buying platform (e.g., Meta, Google Ads, TikTok, or programmatic)
• Deep understanding of ad platform mechanics across Search, GDN, Social, Video, and Native.
• Strong technical skills — comfortable working with tracking pixels, APIs, scripts, and analytics tools.
• Proven track record of taking a product from 0→1, finding breakout opportunities, and scaling them into meaningful revenue.
• Obsessed with experimentation and able to manage rapid test-and-learn cycles, sharing results with high levels of leadership across multiple products.
• Creative, analytical, and adaptable — able to move seamlessly from strategy to execution.

What We Have To Offer:- Competitive salary + bonus + equity

• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
• Open sick time
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
• 401k with match
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
• Paid professional development
• Leadership & growth opportunities
• Virtual company and team building events

​

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - 182,875 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in U.S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

​

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

​

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

​

Equal Employment Opportunity:

​

System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

​

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.