Senior / Staff Product Engineer, AI

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.We’re looking for experienced engineers who have shipped applied AI systems to production and want to define what the agent-native future looks like. We are building intelligence into the core of Linear, enabling the product to orchestrate coding, proactively move work forward, and power-up every software team.You’ll work closely with product and design to transform foundation models into structured, reliable workflows embedded deeply in the core of Linear. We care deeply about keeping Linear fast, intuitive, and opinionated—AI is no exception.Location & work modeLinear is a remote-first company. This role is open to candidates based in the 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 doBuild AI-powered product features that feel native, fast, and delightful to useWork with product and design to prototype and iterate on intelligent workflows and user interactionsDesign backend services to power natural language interfaces, smart suggestions, agentic workloads, and moreOptimize prompts, fine-tune model behavior, and evaluate performanceHelp to guide our agent platform, allowing third parties to bring agents into the core Linear experience as teammates.Contribute to the architecture for AI-integration infrastructure that’s reliable and privacy-awareOur 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.Pluggable 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 offerInteresting and challenging workWork-life balanceCompetitive salary and equityEmployee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)Paid lunch and coffee during workdaysWork remotely, no commuting to the officePaid co-working space/desk at an officeHealth, dental, and vision insurance (US)Regular team events and off-sites5 weeks of paid vacation4 months of paid parental leaveLearn how we think and workRead Me a story about our missionHow we work: Designing remote work at LinearWhy and how we do work trials Linear blog postCrafting quality that endures Config keynote by our Co-founder & CEO, Karri SaarinenHow 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 offsiteFirst Round Capital: The Unsung Ingredient: TasteLinear 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.