Linear

Senior / Staff Software Engineer (API)

Linear

Overview

Role focused on building and evolving APIs for a project management tool.

Ideal candidate should have strong backend engineering experience and familiarity with modern tech stacks.

At this time, we can only support hiring within North America for this role

remoteseniorfull-timeTypescriptNode.jsGraphQLPostgreSQLRedisGoogle CloudKubernetesReact

Locations

  • Northern America

Requirements

  • Strong backend engineering experience
  • Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL
  • Systems thinking mindset

Responsibilities

  • Build and evolve APIs for Linear
  • Collaborate with teams for data flows
  • Improve developer platform with stable APIs
  • Shape API for AI agent interaction

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Paid lunch and coffee
  • Paid co-working space
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 5 weeks of paid vacation
  • 4 months of paid parental leave
  • Regular team events and off-sites
  • Work-life balance