Linear

Design Engineer (Web & Brand)

Europe

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries

About Linear

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.

Role: Design Engineer

We're looking for a Design Engineer with strong visual taste to help drive our creative initiatives across web and brand. When it comes to design and code, we’re looking to work with experienced people who can pick up any problem and solve it. For us, it’s both how it works and how it looks. At its core, Linear is a developer tool where speed, interactions, and small details matter. We expect a broad set of design skills and the ability to create high-quality designs, interactions, and prototypes. In this role, you will help communicate Linear's story—what we're building and why it matters—as part of our internal creative agency: the Magic Team.

Requirements

  • Eye for good design
  • Strong frontend engineering skills
  • Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages
  • Experience with React and TypeScript
  • A portfolio showcasing a range of technical skills, a creative use of code, and prototyping skills

What You'll Do

  • Build complex and interactive UI web/app experiences
  • Build beautiful, responsive websites and landing pages
  • Implement creative animations and interactions in code
  • Explore visual design in Figma and translate it to web-native experiences

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 work days
  • Work remotely, no commuting to the office
  • Paid co-working space/desk at an office
  • Regular team events and offsites
  • 5 weeks paid vacation
  • 4 months paid parental leave

Learn How We Think and Work

  • Part I and Part II of how we redesigned the Linear UI
  • 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)
  • 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)

Skills

Visual Design
Frontend Engineering
Website Development
Landing Page Development
React
TypeScript
Prototyping
UI Development
Responsive Design
CSS Animations
Figma

Linear

Software development tool for task management

About Linear

Linear is a software development tool that helps teams build products more efficiently. It provides features for task management, issue tracking, and workflow customization, making it suitable for both startups and large enterprises. The platform simplifies complex tasks by breaking them down into manageable sub-issues, which enhances productivity. It includes automated backlog management to save time by auto-closing and archiving issues. Linear is designed for speed, offering rapid keyboard shortcuts and real-time synchronization. Users can create custom workflows and views to tailor the platform to their needs. A unique feature called "Cycles" helps teams prioritize their work by automatically tracking started issues and rolling over unfinished tasks to the next cycle. Linear's goal is to streamline the software development process, allowing teams to focus on building great products.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$50.8MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Work life balance
Competitive salary and equity
Employee-friendly equity terms (early and extended exercise in the US)
Work remotely, no commuting to the office
Health, dental and vision insurance (US)
5 weeks paid vacation
Parental leave
M1 Macbook Pro, 5K display and accessories
Stipend to set up your home office
Latest productivity software
Paid lunch and coffee during work days
Paid co-working space/desk at an office
Regular team events and offsites
Quarterly hack weeks
401(k) Plan (US)

Risks

Potential reputational damage from association with Carta's unethical practices.
Increased competition from new integrations like Plain, offering similar features.
Challenge of maintaining rapid growth after raising $35 million in Series B funding.

Differentiation

Linear offers rapid-fire keyboard shortcuts and real-time sync capabilities.
The platform provides automated backlog management, reducing manual labor for development teams.
Linear's 'Cycles' feature helps teams focus on upcoming work with configurable tracking.

Upsides

Linear raised $35 million in Series B funding to expand its operations.
The rise of remote work increases demand for Linear's collaborative software development tools.
Integration with AI-driven tools could enhance Linear's task management efficiency.

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