Senior Growth Engineer

PlayOn is seeking a highly skilled Senior Growth Engineer to drive experimentation and innovation within our platform, accelerating user acquisition, retention, and engagement across NFHS Network and GoFan. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in data-driven environments, iterate quickly, and deliver measurable business impact. 

As a Growth Engineer, you will lead and actively participate in the planning, implementation, and execution of growth experiments within PlayOn’s NFHS Network and GoFan products. 

Our Growth Engineers play a critical role in identifying and implementing high-impact growth initiatives across PlayOn’s platforms. You’ll rapidly prototype, ship experiments, and iterate based on insights. This role requires adaptability in a fast-changing environment, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage shifting priorities effectively. 

You will collaborate seamlessly with multifunctional teams, applying a scientific and data-driven approach to deliver high-impact solutions. Given the cross-functional nature of this role, strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as well as the confidence to proactively engage with product owners and other stakeholders to clarify requirements and drive initiatives forward. 

The Outcomes You’ll Deliver:

Our ideal candidate is a curious, analytical, and adaptable engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments. You should be comfortable designing, executing, and measuring rapid experiments, leveraging data-driven insights to optimize user experiences. You are a creative problem solver who can pick up entire ecosystems quickly and enjoy the challenge of working across multiple stacks and teams. 

Ensure Scalability and Performance for PlayOn Products

Ensure that 100% of growth team experiments maintain web vitals (CLS/LCP/INP) at same or improved performance tier

60% of new permanent workflows have automated functional tests

Accelerate product delivery and improve delivery timelines

Increase new subscription revenue by 5% YoY (north star)

Ensure that 100% of growth team experiments align with measurable business indicators

Foster Innovation and Adopt New Technologies to maintain competitive advantage -

Ensure that 100% of growth team experiments are leveraging feature flag technology

IN THIS ROLE YOU CAN EXPECT TO...

• Lead the design, development, and execution of rapid growth experiments, iterating quickly based on data insights to optimize conversion, retention, and engagement. 
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities and business needs while maintaining attention to detail and a high standard of quality. 
• Collaborate closely with product, marketing, data teams and other stakeholders to build scalable full-stack solutions that improve user acquisition and monetization. 
• Develop within high-performance, cloud-native environments, using modern development frameworks and infrastructure best practices. 
• Automate and optimize user flows to reduce friction in onboarding, checkout, and retention processes. 
• Ensure best practices in software development, cloud architecture, and security, while maintaining a high velocity of experimentation. 

TO THRIVE IN THIS ROLE, THESE ARE THE TALENTS YOU BRING ...

• Full-Stack Development: Proficiency in TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails. Experience with React or Vue (bonus for Next.js or Nuxt). 
• A/B Testing & Experimentation: Hands-on experience with LaunchDarkly, Optimizely, or custom experimentation frameworks for rapid testing. 
• Payments & Subscriptions: Experience working with Stripe or other payment processing systems is strongly preferred. 
• Event-Driven Architecture & Analytics: Familiarity with Segment, Google Analytics, or Amplitude to track and analyze user behavior. 
• Performance Optimization & SEO: Strong understanding of page speed, Core Web Vitals, and front-end performance tuning to improve retention and conversion. 
• Cloud Scalability & Serverless: Experience with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and other cloud-native architectures for high-scale experimentation. 
• Database Management: Expertise in PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or DynamoDB 
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement: Strong ability to work across teams, engage with product owners and stakeholders, and drive initiatives forward. 
• Ability to Learn & Adapt: Comfortable working across multiple systems and learning new ecosystems quickly. 

HOW YOU PLAY

• Ownership over Participation- You take responsibility for achieving holistic outcomes, prioritize key objectives, and adapt quickly when situations require a different approach. You follow through even against the toughest challenges. 




• Team over Stars- You are a bridge builder, establishing processes and relationships with teams outside your own. You work to rally around common goals, find win-win solutions, compromise when necessary, and help others succeed. 




• Growth over Comfort- You are driven by a desire to grow and actively seek opportunities to expand your comfort zone, skills, and confidence. You embrace new challenges with curiosity, accepting discomfort and failure as opportunities to learn.  




• Fairness over Popularity- You approach decisions with a scientist’s mindset, challenging your assumptions and remaining objective. You consider long-term impact rather than relying on short-term gains, proactively seek others’ perspectives, and manage emotions in decision-making.  

#LI-DNI 

Company Overview 

PlayOn is a dynamic growth-stage company dedicated to championing the spirit of play in the high school space. Backed by KKR, our family of brands—including GoFan, NFHS Network, and MaxPreps—empowers schools with innovative solutions and exceptional service. Our fan engagement platform is the only one that offers event ticketing, streaming, fundraising, concessions, merchandise sales, and website management in one place. We save administrators time so they can focus on what truly matters: supporting the students, staff, and fans who bring their programs to life. 

Trusted by thousands of schools across the country, we're here to help create more instant replays, hold-your-breath moments, last-minute comebacks, and games you want to watch over and over again. 

When being there means everything, we make sure you never miss a moment.  

Why you’ll love working at PlayOn  

Product, potential, and people. We’re a leader in the high school event space, constantly evolving our product to meet the needs of administrators. We focus on solving real challenges, learning quickly, and creating impactful solutions. 

This is a growth-stage company, meaning your contributions have real impact. You’ll have opportunities to grow your skills, tackle meaningful problems, and make a difference in the lives of schools and the students and fans they serve. 

Our culture is built on accountability, collaboration, growth, and fairness. We don’t just show up—we show up for each other. Everyone wears the same jersey, and we play hard, make the extra pass, and cheer one another on. Losses teach us, challenges motivate us, and persistence drives us forward. We value integrity over shortcuts, choosing to do what’s right even when it’s hard. Together, we strive to be better every day—because we know that’s how we win as a team. 

The Benefits We Offer 

Multiple medical insurance plans to choose from 

Dental, vision life and disability insurance 

Employee Emergency Fund  

Company equity (stock options) 

Open PTO policy  

401K plan with company match 

Hybrid/flexible work environment 

Note: Must be a full-time employee to participate in the company’s employee health benefit plan. Part-time employees and interns are not eligible to participate.