Requirements and responsibilities
At Linear, we're building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we’re shaping the tools this new era requires.Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 25,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America and Europe, and we’re continuing to grow internationally. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.As a small team, we’re all generalists that work across the full stack (built in Typescript end-to-end). We’re looking for experienced engineers that thrive in an environment of autonomy and individual responsibility to help us build the future of product development.Location & work modeLinear is a remote-first company, with optional co-working offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. This role is open to candidates based in the US and Europe. You can work from anywhere within these regions. We value deep focus and async collaboration, with intentional moments to connect in person through team off-sites, optional co-working, and occasional travel.What you'll doWork closely with founders and design to implement new concepts and ideasBuild AI-powered functionality into the core of LinearUpdate our realtime collaborative content editor used across all internal surfacesBuild new user-facing features with beautiful and scalable UI componentsObsessively improve application performanceRefine our software development processes to keep the team operating at high velocityWhat we're looking for5+ years of experience building customer-facing products at a high-quality software companyStrong React and TypeScript fundamentals, with experience across the full stack (Browser technologies, Node, GraphQL, PostgreSQL)Track record of driving complex, end-to-end features (not just incremental improvements and refactors) with visible impact on the productProduct sensibility: you care about UX, speed, and polish, and you push back when something doesn't feel rightComfortable working without heavy PM overhead; you can help to shape the problem, not just implement a solutionHigh ownership mentality: self-directed, full-lifecycle builder who takes a feature from idea to shippedThrives in a remote, async-first environment with a lean, high-output teamExperience at a startup or a company with a genuinely high engineering barOur techThis stack reflects the systems we build and operate. You’re not expected to have experience with everything listed, but you should be excited to work close to product, performance, and real-world scale.Agentic workload system utilizing temporal, operating at production scaleProprietary websocket data sync framework built for speed and offline supportReact, MobX, styled-components on the frontendExtensive, widely used, GraphQL API and SDKNode, Postgres, Temporal, and Redis in the backendHosted on Google Cloud with k8sGitHub, Slack, NotionWhat we offerWe're a small, focused team that cares deeply about the quality of our work and the people we do it with. Here's what you can expect:Competitive salary and equityEmployee-friendly equity terms including early exercise in the US and extended exercise windowsDaily meal and coffee stipend on every workdayPaid co-working space or deskHealth coverage (based on country requirements)5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays4 months paid parental leavePaid month off after 4 years & every 2 years thereafterRegular team events and off-sitesRemote-first with no required commuteLearn how we think and workRead Me a story about our missionOur hiring process: How we hire at LinearHow we work: Designing remote work at LinearWhy and how we do work trials Linear blog postHow we structure our product teams talk by our Head of Product, Nan Yu, at Config 2024Scaling our real-time sync engine talk by our cofounder, Tuomas Artman, at Linear's 2023 offsiteRead about our recent Series C Fundraise and Giving our team liquidityLinear is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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