Company:Linear (Small)
Location: San Francisco, CA (Remote-friendly)
Role Type: Full-time
Compensation: $180,000 – $240,000
Sentiment: High
Rating: 5/5
Description
Linear is building the next generation of software project management. The role is on the core product team, focusing on the editor and real-time collaboration layer. Requires deep TypeScript/React expertise and a strong sense for developer tooling UX.
Key Requirements
5+ years of software engineering experience
Expert-level TypeScript and React
Experience with real-time systems (CRDTs, OT, websockets)
Opinionated about product quality and performance
Research Notes
Linear's architecture blog posts are excellent — strong signal on engineering culture
Reached out to Itamar Zur via LinkedIn for an informational; awaiting reply
Resume gap to address: no CRDT experience — need to frame the ProseMirror/Yjs work from previous role
Tailoring in progress: adding "collaborative editing" and "conflict-free data structures" to resume to hit ATS threshold