Design Engineer, Web and Brand at Linear

Role overview

Build Linear websites, landing pages and interactive web experiences, combining frontend engineering, prototyping and visual design. This distinct remote posting lists North America / Europe / United States.

Responsibilities

• Build complex interactive web and application experiences.
• Create responsive websites, landing pages and internal tools.
• Implement creative animation and interaction in code.
• Explore designs in Figma and translate them into web-native experiences.

Qualifications

• Strong visual taste and frontend engineering skills.
• Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages with React and TypeScript.
• Use of agentic coding tools during design exploration and production implementation.
• A portfolio or public profile showing technical creativity and prototyping.

Technology in this role

• TypeScript: Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages with React and .
• React: Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages with React and .
• CAN: When it comes to design and code, we’re looking to work with experienced people who can pick up any problem and solve .
• Figma: Explore designs in Figma and translate them into web-native .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Design Engineer (Web & Brand) position at Linear is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Linear is hiring a design engineer to build polished websites, landing pages and interactive web experiences for its creative team. The role combines visual design, frontend engineering, prototyping and animation across…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the frontend product area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Build complex interactive web and application experiences.”; “Create responsive websites, landing pages and internal tools.”; “Implement creative animation and interaction in code.”. For each duty, identify a project where you performed comparable work and be ready to describe the context, your own contribution, constraints, decisions, and measurable result. Explain how you moved from the initial need to implementation, review, release or operational follow-through, where those stages apply. If the work involved other teams or users, distinguish your decisions from the group’s contribution. Avoid presenting a technology keyword as proof by itself: connect it to the problem you solved, the scale or complexity involved, and what changed after your work. The source may contain additional duties; review it directly before preparing your application.

How to read the requirements. The listed qualifications include “Strong visual taste and frontend engineering skills.”; “Experience building end-to-end websites and landing pages with React and TypeScript.”; “Use of agentic coding tools during design exploration and production implementation.”. Mark each requirement as demonstrated, adjacent experience or a genuine gap, then use a concise example for the first two categories. A strong example explains what you personally owned, how you made trade-offs, how you validated the result and what you learned. If the posting specifies years of experience, language ability, certifications, location or eligibility, address those facts plainly in your CV or application rather than relying on the employer to infer them. Do not claim a qualification from exposure alone. For a requirement you do not meet, describe relevant transferable experience accurately and ask the recruiter whether it is mandatory.

Technology and working evidence. The technology terms associated with.

Benefits

• Interesting and challenging work
• 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
• Part I and Part II of how we redesigned the Linear UI
• Read me a story about our mission
• Why and how we do work trials Linear blog post
• How we use AI in design feature of Linear's design team
• Crafting quality that endures Config keynote by our Co-founder & CEO, Karri Saarinen
• Building for quality: Our Investment in Linear Accel Series B blog post

About Linear

Linear makes software for product and engineering teams to plan work, coordinate development and ship products. Its product provides structured workflows for issues, projects and roadmaps, and the company says it is developing tools for a changing product-development environment in which people and AI systems work together.

Linear describes its team as distributed across North America and Europe and emphasizes product craftsmanship, clarity and execution. Engineering work may intersect with collaboration workflows, integrations, performance, reliability, design systems or AI-enabled product capabilities, depending on the team. The specific position description is the source for location eligibility, team assignment and the technical stack expected for this opening.

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