Software Engineer

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At Linear, we are on a mission to create a new standard for modern software development. We are building the tools that empower the next generation of high-impact companies to do their best work. Linear is designed based on the practices and processes that distinguish world-class product teams from the rest: relentless focus, fast execution, and a commitment to the quality of craft.

Founded in 2019, Linear has become the default tool of choice for high-performance teams to build their products. Set up as a fully remote company from the start, our team is currently distributed across a variety of countries across the US, Latin America and Europe (we hire within US/EU timezones). We are a diverse team of individuals, all makers at heart. We love picking up new challenges 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 ideally TypeScript.

What you'll do

• Work with engineers and designer to build new user-facing features which touch everything from database models, to APIs and React UI

• Diagnose and improve application performance

• Add real-time collaborative editing to our content editor

• Add analytics, monitoring, and alerts to our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents

• Open-source any non-trivial innovations that come out of our work on the 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

• An experienced team to learn from

• Work life balance

• Competitive salary and equity

• Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)

• Macbook Pro, 5K display and accessories

• Stipend to set up your home office

• Paid lunch and coffee during work days

• Work remotely, no commuting to the office

• Paid co-working space/desk at an office

• Health, dental and vision insurance

• Regular team events and offsites

• 5 weeks paid vacation

• 4 months paid parental leave