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 40,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia, and we’re continuing to grow internationally. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.Quality is our competitive advantage. Every member of our fully remote team is a maker at heart, caring deeply about the quality and feel of our work. While the industry optimizes for speed and metrics alone, we believe that craft and quality have lasting value. Quality creates gravity — it pulls people toward our team and product rather than requiring us to push. This philosophy drives everything we do, from product decisions to hiring choices.For this role, we expect robust design skills, sharp product thinking, and the ability to engage in technical discussions. We work in small, autonomous project teams, where engineers are paired tightly with designers to explore ideas, build prototypes, deploy internal builds, and ultimately ship to customers. You will be a key element of projects from beginning to end.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. You can work from anywhere within this region. 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 doOwn the experience of our iOS and Android mobile apps, including guiding the adaptation of desktop features to mobilePair closely with mobile engineers and product leads to initiate and complete mobile-specific projects, no hand-offsTake opportunities to redesign or refine key screens and flows, as well as smaller quality issues and “paper cuts” as you use LinearCreate mockups, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals to communicate ideas and describe their executionGuide and inspire fellow designers through collaborative critique of work-in-progress across both mobile and desktop platformsUse and improve our lightweight design system componentsHelp with hiring new teammates that can elevate our team and productWhat we’re looking for5+ years experience designing software, with mobile-specific emphasisCourage to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you feel is rightHumility to accept feedback, adapt your thinking, and iterate toward the best solutionExperience with prototyping directly in code, or with tools like Figma, Origami, etcAbility to distill problems and feedback, then design clear, focused solutionsEffective written and verbal communication skills — much of our work is asyncWhat 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 work
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Part II of how we redesigned the Linear UIOur hiring process:
How we hire at LinearRead me a story about our mission
Why and how we do work trials Linear blog post
How we structure our product teams talk by our Head of Product, Nan Yu, at Config 2024
Crafting quality that endures Config keynote by our Co-founder & CEO, Karri Saarinen
Building for quality: Our Investment in Linear Accel Series B blog post