Job description
At Linear, we are on a mission to bring magic back to software. To empower product teams to do their best work, we are building an issue tracking and project management tool that combines UI elegance with world-class performance. Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for thousands of high-impact companies to build their products better.
Linear was set up as a fully remote company from the start. Today, our small but mighty team is distributed across North America and Europe. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and our passion for software craftsmanship. We are all makers at heart and care deeply about the quality of our work.
As a small team, we’re all generalists and constantly picking up new challenges. Regarding product and 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 expect strong JavaScript fundamentals and a background working with React and TypeScript.
Please note: We are an equal opportunity employer and remote-only company. At this time, we can only hire in most European timezones for this role.
What you’ll do
Build new user-facing features with beautiful and scalable UI components
Work closely with founders and design to implement fast new feature concepts
Implement complex React components from drag & drop to the virtualized rendering of large data collections
Add real-time collaborative editing to our content editor
Improve application performance by profiling
Redefine best-in-class software development processes so that we can build an opinionated product
Tech
React frontend with Styled Components, utilizing hooks for the composability of functionality
Proprietary data synchronization library built for speed and offline support. Delta-packets are transported using WebSockets
MobX for binding the data model to the UI
Prosemirror-based content editor
Electron desktop application
Public GraphQL API that has access to all of the user’s data
Node, Postgres, and Redis in the backend
Hosted on Google Cloud with k8s
GitHub, Slack, Notion
Design system with React component library
What we offer
Interesting and challenging work
Work-life balance
Competitive salary and equity
Employee-friendly equity terms (extended exercise)
Paid lunch and coffee during workdays
Work remotely, no commuting to the office
Paid co-working space/desk at an office
Health, dental, and vision insurance (based on country requirements)
Regular team events and off-sites
5 weeks of paid vacation
4 months of paid parental leave (or more based on country requirements)
Learn how we think and work
Read 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
Scaling our real-time sync engine t alk by our cofounder, Tuomas Artman, at Linear’s 2023 offsite
Building for quality: Our Investment in Linear Accel Series B blog post
