Growth Systems Engineer (AI & Automation) Contract-to-Perm | On-Site
Hush
Company: Hush (Digital Risk & Privacy)
Location: Detroit / Southeast Michigan (in-office, full-time)
Reports to: Marketing Leader
Engagement Type: 3–4 month contract with intent to convert to full-time based on performance and mutual fit
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Role Summary
Hush is building an intelligent, multi-channel growth system that uses data, automation, and AI to create high-quality sales conversations with senior leaders in financial services.
We are seeking a Growth Systems Engineer to design, operate, and continuously optimize this capability.
This is not a traditional marketing role and not a traditional software engineering role. It is a hybrid position for someone with a computer science or IT background who enjoys configuring tools, building workflows, running experiments, and improving systems tied directly to business outcomes.
This is a full-time, on-site consulting role in Michigan.
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Role Objective
Your mission is to build and operate an automated growth engine that supports outreach across multiple channels (email, LinkedIn, phone, SMS, social) and consistently produces qualified early-stage sales conversations.
Success is measured by:
• quality of conversations generated
• meetings booked
• speed from lead identification to first engagement
• continuous improvement in system performance
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Key Responsibilities
Systems Design & Automation
• Configure and connect tools into reliable workflows
• Build logic for prospect selection, routing, and engagement
• Maintain data quality and process integrity
• Ensure all activity is logged in HubSpot
Applied AI & Tooling
• Use AI tools to assist with research, targeting, and message drafting
• Implement guardrails for quality, brand, and compliance
• Continuously refine prompts and workflows
Multi-Channel Engagement Support
• Support outreach across email, LinkedIn, phone, SMS, and social channels
• Help determine which channels are most effective for different audiences
• Work closely with sales to improve engagement quality
Experimentation & Optimization
• Design and run controlled experiments
• Analyze results and iterate weekly
• Improve reply rates, meeting quality, and time-to-conversation
Revenue Alignment
• Partner with sales leadership to ensure systems generate qualified conversations
• Focus on signal quality over volume
• Eliminate low-performing workflows and scale what works
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What This Role Is Not
This is not:
• a content marketing role
• a social media manager role
• a pure software engineering role
• a high-volume outbound role
• a generic growth hacking role
This is a systems and operations role with revenue responsibility.
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Ideal Candidate Profile
This role is best suited for a candidate with a strong technical and analytical foundation who enjoys building and optimizing systems tied to real business outcomes.
Required Background
• Major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or related technical discipline
• Strong academic performance (3.5+ GPA preferred)
• Coursework in at least two of the following:
• statistics or experimental design
• algorithms or data structures
• databases or systems
• machine learning or AI
• applied behavioral science
Experience (one or more of the following)
• Prior internship or role in operations, growth ops, revenue ops, sales ops, or systems/IT
• OR demonstrable academic or personal projects involving automation, workflow design, and experimentation
Skills & Traits
• Highly analytical and comfortable working with data
• Strong systems and logical thinking
• Curious about how technology influences human behavior
• Comfortable working with tools and platforms rather than writing large amounts of custom code
• Able to design experiments and learn from results
• High attention to detail and quality
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Engagement Structure & Compensation
This role will begin as a full-time, on-site contract engagement (3–4 months), with the intent to convert to a full-time position based on performance and mutual fit.
Compensation (contract phase):
$30–45 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.
If converted to full-time:
Expected base salary range: $70,000–95,000 plus equity and benefits.
Performance-based incentives may be offered based on measurable contribution to early-stage deal generation.
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Application Requirements
To be considered, please submit:
1. Resume
2. A short written response (max 300 words) describing:
• a system, workflow, or experiment you built or ran
• the tools you used
• what you measured
• what you learned
Optional: GitHub, portfolio, or project write-up demonstrating automation or systems thinking.
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Why This Role Matters at Hush
Hush serves senior leaders in trust-sensitive industries. Our growth systems must reflect the same standards of intelligence, discretion, and quality as our product.
This role will help define how Hush responsibly uses AI and automation to scale.
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Final Mandate
Build and operate intelligent growth systems that create high-quality conversations with the right people at the right time, across multiple channels.