Senior / Staff Fullstack Engineer

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 20,000+ companies to plan and build their products.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. 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.Please note: We are an equal opportunity employer and remote-only company. At this time, we can only hire in most US and European timezones for this role. 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.Our 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 (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 (based on country requirements)Regular team events and off-sites5 weeks of paid vacation4 months of paid parental leave (or more based on country requirements)Learn how we think and workA story about our mission: Read MeHow 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