Growth Lead

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Chestnut is hiring a Growth Lead to help Americans save billions of dollars per year. Chestnut is the first AI mortgage lender. Our AI agents automate the mortgage process and save consumers 0.5%+ in interest. Founder Spencer Brown’s last startup built software used by a top‑10 mortgage lender to power $85B+ of loan volume and all aspects of loan processing. During that time he learned how AI could be used to automate the mortgage process and save consumers billions of dollars per year.

Realizing that traditional lenders weren’t poised to adapt to AI, he founded Chestnut to challenge the $128B mortgage market head‑on. So far, Chestnut is closing mortgages in Texas and Colorado where we offer several different types of home loans. We’re backed by Y Combinator, Olive Tree Capital (Uber, Postmates, Ramp), and other world‑class investors, angels, and founders. The company was founded in January 2025 and recently completed YC X25.

To start, you’ll help drive and convert traffic to our self‑serve mortgage experience for borrowers. Later, you could lead our growth team (and perhaps others).

• 🚦 Experimenting with new growth channels (ads, UGC, partnerships, and more).
• ⛽️ Developing copy and sequences that drive conversions.
• 📈 Optimizing and hacking SEO to drive organic growth.
• 🧮 Spec’ing key analytics events and metrics.

• ⚡️ Hunger for high‑focus, high‑growth work.
• ↕️ Quantifiable success driving growth for consumer products.
• 🗣️ Excellent communication skills.
• 😎 Sufficient technical skills to be dangerous across the stack.

• 🤓 History of building side projects.
• 🍎 Interest in people management/mentoring.
• 🦄 Desire to found your own company someday. We will do everything we can to help!

We work in‑person. Our office in Dogpatch (SF) has 16’ ceilings, giant windows, and tons of sunlight. We’re less than 5 mins away from Dogpatch Boulders and multiple coffee shops, bakeries, and breweries.

Compensation: $100k‑$200k+ cash and 0.5%‑3%+ equity depending on your qualifications and preferences.

Benefits: Healthcare, vision, dental, meals, gym (Dogpatch Boulders), commute costs, laptop, and custom workstation.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Marketing and Sales

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