Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Linear
Software development management
Job no longer available
Software development management
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a more enjoyable and efficient way to manage software development.
Role
Who you are
- Node, Postgres and Redis
- Public GraphQL API that has access to all of the user's data
- Proprietary data synchronization library built for speed and offline support. Delta-packets are transported using WebSockets
- TypeORM, TypeGraphQL
- Hosted on Google Cloud with k8s
- Monitored via DataDog
- GitHub, Slack, Notion
What the job involves
- Building the backend for various user-facing features
- Optimizing real-time, synchronized data delivery across our clients
- Improving database and infrastructure performance by implementing caching solutions, connection pooling and
- Improving observability, monitoring, and alerting for our service so that we can better respond to operational incidents
- Scaling our service via architectural changes as well as infrastructure improvements
- Open-sourcing any non-trivial innovations that come out of our work on the product
- Redefining best-in-class software development processes so that we can build an opinionated product
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
With computing now a key part of every industry, more and more companies are embarking on software creation projects, and turn to tech for ways to organise, run, and track these new endeavours. Linear supplies a project management tool for software developers, to enable teams to manage multiple projects more easily and friction-free.
Linear’s product is aimed at software engineers, designers, and project managers, to facilitate their collaboration even as they work remotely. It enables projects to be mapped, tasks coordinated, and issues to be tracked in an easy-to-follow manner, streamlining the entire development process from start to end. In addition, Linear is synchronised in real-time and includes a range of integrations with platforms such as GitHub and Sentry, all of which has made it a top choice for high-performance teams.
Since its founding in 2019, Linear has raised substantial funds and garnered good interest, from clients including Cash App and loom. The company has put the funds towards expanding its team and making further investments in product development.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2023
$35m
SERIES B
Dec 2020
$13m
SERIES A
Total funding: $52.2m
Company benefits
- Work life balance
- Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
- Work remotely, no commuting to the office
- 5 weeks paid vacation
- Parental leave
- M1 Macbook Pro, 5K display and accessories
- Stipend to set up your home office
- Latest productivity software
- Paid lunch and coffee during work days
- Paid co-working space/desk at an office
- Regular team events and offsites
- Quarterly hack weeks
Company values
- You are clear, concise, and engaging.
- You care deeply about the quality of your work. Down to the last pixel.
- You’re able to take a bird’s eye view and solve issues.
- You are a team player who loves to co-create.
- You are passionate about building truly great software.
- You are a self-starter who gets things done.
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Karri Saarinen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Principal Designer at Airbnb. Co-founded Kippt, Rails Girls and ArcticStartup.
Tuomas Artman
(Co-Founder)Former Senior Staff Engineer at Uber. Co-founder and former CEO of Monimonsu. Co-Founder and former CTO of Valve Branding.
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