Design Engineer (Web & Brand)

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.

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

• You will be responsible for building 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

• A story about our mission: Read Me

• Scatter Brain chat with our CEO Karri Saarinen: A better way to build Software

• Sequoia Capital Spotlight: Designing for the Developers

• Forbes: Linear's Developer Tools Are Popular — And Profitable