Senior Software Engineer - API

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June 10

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Linear

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At Linear we believe software can feel magical. Quality of software is driven by both the talent of its creators and how they feel while they’re crafting it.

11 - 50 employees

📋 Description

• 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. • 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. • As a small team, we’re all generalists and constantly picking up new challenges. Regarding systems and infrastructure, we’re looking to work with experienced engineers who can dive deep into design and performance problems, architect robust backend services, and build foundational APIs that scale.

🎯 Requirements

• Take ownership, build, and evolve the APIs that power all of Linear, from frontend features to public developer access • Collaborate with product engineers, design, and infrastructure to deliver performant, reliable, and secure data flows • Improve our developer platform with well-documented, discoverable, and stable APIs • Shape the API surface that AI agents will use to interact with Linear, enabling autonomous workflows and real-time decision-making

🏖️ Benefits

• Interesting and challenging work • Work-life balance • Competitive salary and equity • Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise) • Paid lunch and coffee during workdays • Work remotely, no commuting to the office • Paid co-working space/desk at an office • Health, dental, and vision insurance (US) • Regular team events and off-sites • 5 weeks of paid vacation • 4 months of paid parental leave