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 and constantly picking up new challenges. When it comes to code, we’re looking to work with experienced people who can pick a problem and solve it. We use TypeScript and build scalable systems so we can continuously make progress on a solid foundation. We don’t expect you to have a background in everything we use, but we do expect strong JavaScript fundamentals and a background working with React and TypeScript.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 North America and Europe. You can work from most timezones 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 doBuild new user-facing features with everything from database models to GraphQL resolvers and UI componentsOptimize our data synchronization stack by applying better serialization protocolsAdd real-time collaborative editing to our content editorImprove performance by profiling and tweaking virtualized list renderingAdd analytics, monitoring, and alerts to our service so that we can better respond to operational incidentsOpen-source any non-trivial innovations that come out of our work on the productRedefine best-in-class software development processes so that we can build a purpose-built product.What 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 workA story about our mission: Read MeOur hiring process: How we hire at LinearHow we work: Designing remote work at LinearOur CEO and co-founder, Karri at 20VC: How to Grow Capital Efficiently in a World of BS GrowthMake an Org Chart You Want to Ship — Advice from Linear on How Heirloom Tomatoes Should Inspire Team DesignBuilding our teams: Why and how we do work trials at LinearA video series: Conversations on QualityRead about our recent Series C Fundraise and Giving our team liquidity
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