Senior-Staff Product Designer

Summary

Join Linear, a remote-first company, and be part of a team dedicated to building high-quality software. As a designer, you will collaborate closely with engineers and product managers to improve Linear's product. You will be responsible for designing and prototyping new features, refining existing screens, and ensuring a consistent user experience. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in software design, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Figma. Linear offers a competitive salary, equity, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible remote work environment.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience designing software
• Courage to ask questions, experiment, and advocate for what you feel is right
• Humility to accept feedback, adapt your thinking, and iterate toward the best solution
• Experience with prototyping in Figma (and beyond with tools like AI, HTML/CSS, Origami)
• Ability to distill problems and feedback, then design clear, focused solutions
• Effective written and verbal communication skills — much of our work is async

Responsibilities

• Pair closely with engineering and product to initiate and complete roadmap projects, no hand-offs
• Spot opportunities to redesign or refine key screens and flows, as well as smaller quality issues and “paper cuts” as you use Linear
• Create mockups, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals to communicate ideas and describe their execution
• Guide and inspire fellow designers through collaborative critique of work-in-progress
• Use and improve our lightweight design system components
• Help with hiring new teammates that can elevate our team and product

Benefits

• A team of the most talented people you will ever work with
• Engaging work that will challenge you
• Balance and flexibility through remote work
• Competitive salary and equity (including early and extended exercise)
• Paid lunch and coffee during workdays
• 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