Growth Engineer

Why CLEATUS?

CLEATUS is an AI-native agentic platform transforming the legacy government contracting industry. We're applying frontier AI to automate the entire capture-to-proposal lifecycle, so government contractors, from small businesses to established primes, can win more work. We move fast, set a high bar, and give A-players room to grow.

No degree required. Show us what you've built.

We care about what you can do, not diplomas. The profile we're chasing is simple: you built and shipped a mobile app or game, and then you got real users on it. That last part is everything. Plenty of people can ship an app. Figuring out how to actually acquire users, testing creative, buying installs profitably, growing a product from zero, is the rarest and most valuable skill you can bring us. Show us the app you shipped and the users you got on it: real installs, real retention, real ROAS.

Core Tech

• Meta Ads + Google Ads (creative testing, campaign structure)
• PostHog (analytics, funnels, A/B tests)
• Resend (lifecycle email and user journeys)
• Conversions API, pixels, server-side event tracking
• Next.js + React (landing pages, programmatic SEO)
• Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code
• SQL, Redis

What You'll Build

You'll own growth end-to-end (and at a startup, you'll touch everything).

Paid Acquisition & Creative

• Manage and optimize paid acquisition across Meta and Google Ads
• Produce and test ad creative at high velocity (video, static, UGC, hooks), and kill losers fast
• Bring the mobile user-acquisition playbook, obsessive creative iteration and ruthless cost discipline, to B2B demand generation

Onboarding, Lifecycle & CRO

• Design and optimize the new-user onboarding and activation flow, the make-or-break moment for B2C and mobile
• Build lifecycle email campaigns and user journeys that turn signups into active, paying customers
• Run A/B tests and conversion rate optimization across signup, onboarding, and the full funnel with PostHog

Growth Engineering

• Own programmatic SEO: generate and optimize pages targeting high-intent government contracting queries
• Build automated outreach and SDR systems with Claude Code and OpenClaw
• Design and maintain automation workflows for scalable content production
• Use agentic engineering tools (Claude Code, autonomous loops) to build the machine that builds the machine

You'll own growth from first creative through deployment and be expected to ship, test, and maintain what you build.

Skills & Qualifications

• You've shipped a mobile app or game and gotten real users on it yourself, this is the profile we want most
• 2+ years running paid acquisition (Meta, Google) for a mobile app, game, or B2C product (professional or serious personal projects)
• Hands-on with Meta Ads, plus Google Ads (bonus: TikTok, Apple Search Ads)
• Experience with onboarding, activation, and lifecycle email, you know acquiring a user is only half the battle
• Fluent in performance metrics: CPI/CPA, ROAS, LTV, retention, cohorts
• Able to ship, test, and own campaigns and creative end-to-end
• Experience marketing a real product with real users, not just tutorials

Who Should Apply

• Builders who shipped a mobile app or game and got real users on it themselves, this is exactly who we want
• Performance and UA marketers who have driven meaningful paid growth at a studio, side project, or freelance engagement
• People who can't stop exploring the latest in AI and want to build with it daily
• Ambitious marketers ready to work hard, learn fast, and grow with a high-growth startup

What We Want to See

Show us growth you actually owned and drove:

• An app you shipped and got users on: you built it, launched it, and grew it with real users
• Ad creative that converted: campaigns you made and the numbers they moved (installs, CPI, ROAS, signups)
• Full-funnel capability: you can work across creative, targeting, tracking, onboarding, and landing pages

Examples: a mobile app you built and grew from zero, a game you ran user acquisition for, a side project you scaled on a budget.

Stand out even more if you've driven measurable market traction: app downloads, paying users, or revenue generated. We're looking for people who can grow into growth leadership.

Required: Personal Application Video

Record a short video application to prioritize your candidacy. Here's the format we're looking for: Watch the example video (opens in a new tab)

Record one personal application video with both parts to complete your application:

• Length: 5 minutes or less
• Personal introduction: Introduce yourself on camera. Tell us about your background, interests, and why you want to join CLEATUS.
• Work walkthrough: Share your screen and demo an app or game you shipped. Show the users you got on it, how you got them, and your best ad creative.
• Both your introduction and work walkthrough are required in the same video.
• Language: English
• Casual is fine, content matters more than polish

Submit a shareable Loom, YouTube, Vimeo, or Google Drive link in the Your video step of the application form.

Enable link access. A project trailer or portfolio video alone does not meet this requirement.

If you need an alternative format, contact support@cleat.ai to discuss it with the hiring team.

What to Expect

• Fast-paced U.S. startup building AI agents for government contractors
• High autonomy, high expectations, fair and human culture
• Direct influence on how we grow
• On-site in Izmir, Türkiye, in a fast-moving, high-energy environment
• Competitive pay, strong mentorship and growth

How to Apply

Complete our dedicated application form. No account or résumé upload is required.

1. Share your contact details, LinkedIn profile, and an app or game link.
2. Answer the questions about what you built, how you got users, and why you want to join CLEATUS.
3. Add your personal application video link in the Your video step. Follow the format and example above.
4. Review your answers, then enter the code sent to your email to submit your application.

You will receive an application reference after submitting. Our hiring team reviews your answers and video together.

Join us to build industry-changing AI products for the people who serve the public.