About the Role
- Linear is building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and the company is shaping the tools this new era requires.
- The company is looking for a Design Engineer with strong visual taste to help drive creative initiatives across web and brand.
- The role requires working with experienced people who can pick up any problem and solve it, focusing on both how it works and how it looks.
- At its core, Linear is a developer tool where speed, interactions, and small details matter.
- The role expects 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 they're building and why it matters—as part of the internal creative agency: the Magic Team.
What You'll Be Doing
- You will be responsible for building complex and interactive UI web/app experiences.
- Build beautiful, responsive websites, landing pages, and internal tools.
- Implement creative animations and interactions in code.
- Explore visual design in Figma and translate it to web-native experiences.
What You'll Bring
Eye for good design.
Strong frontend engineering skills.
Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages.
Experience with React and TypeScript.
Experience using agentic coding tools as part of the design process (from exploring ideas to building production-quality interactions).
A portfolio or Twitter profile showcasing a range of technical skills, a creative use of code, and prototyping skills.
Compensation & Benefits
- 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.
About Linear
- Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 40,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products.
- Today, the team is distributed across North America, Europe, and Australia, and is continuing to grow internationally.
- What unites the team is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.
- 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 use AI in design feature of Linear's design team.
- 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.