Teams at Substack

Own product strategy and execution for Substack’s payments and monetization experiences, including gifting, retention, renewals, checkout, commerce, and future advertising opportunities. Partner with engineering, design, data, growth, and creator teams to identify opportunities, develop roadmaps, prototype solutions, run experiments, analyze results, and deliver polished payment and subscription products that improve creator earnings and customer outcomes.

Lead integrated communications for Substack’s audio and video offerings across editorial, social, publicity, events, and creator channels. Own product storytelling, launches, creator education, and campaigns that elevate podcasters and video creators. Monitor industry trends, develop event strategies, represent Substack in creator conversations, and build relationships across podcasting and video ecosystems. The role requires exceptional writing, editorial judgment, strategic thinking, and hands-on execution.

Develop core payment interfaces and backend systems for Substack. Own projects from product concept through implementation, experimentation, and measurement. Build payment processor integrations, payout systems, subscription flows, and features such as gift subscriptions using TypeScript, Node/Express, React, PostgreSQL, and Stripe.