Engineering Manager, Core Experience

The Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our Curate pillar — the team behind how millions of users shape their Linktrees through identity, design, and content organization. This pillar owns the surfaces and systems that bring expression, curation, and action together — from link appearance and layout to theming and creator tools.

You’ll guide a cross-functional team of engineers, designers, and PMs to ship beautiful, performant, and reliable user experiences at speed. You’ll balance architectural depth with rapid prototyping, champion quality and maintainability, and ensure we deliver delightful features that reflect Linktree’s aesthetic bar.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering squad focused on building expressive, high-impact user surfaces.
• Architect and prototype new customization and curation features, contributing code when it unblocks progress.
• Drive technical excellence through thoughtful design reviews, testing practices, and operational reliability.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate user needs into scalable systems and elegant experiences.
• Set clear outcomes and prioritize effectively across multiple streams to maximize impact and velocity.
• Embed AI tooling and workflows to enhance developer productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Champion reliability, ensuring smooth on-call coverage and continuous improvement in incident response.
  
  

Who You Are

• Experienced in modern web development and architecture (TypeScript, React, GraphQL, AWS, PHP).
• Proven track record leading engineering teams in product-led environments, ideally consumer-facing or design-forward products (e.g., Figma, Canva, Notion, Squarespace).
• Skilled at balancing strategic direction with hands-on execution; you’re as comfortable in the code as you are in roadmap discussions.
• Collaborative and empathetic, with strong cross-functional communication skills.
• Reliability-first mindset with experience managing production systems and on-call processes.
• Curious and AI-forward, using automation and LLM tools to boost team velocity.
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience with growth or experimentation frameworks.
• Background working on creator platforms, personalization, or design tooling.
• Passion for helping users express themselves through beautiful, high-performing digital experiences.
  
  

Linktree is committed to providing a fair and competitive compensation package including cash, equity, and benefits. The base salary offered for this role is targeted at $220,000 - $250,000 for roles based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Final offers depend on multiple factors including location, experience, expertise, and role scope, and may vary from the range listed.

P.S. If you don’t tick every box in this listing, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button!

Our Story

We’re on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow, and monetize their digital universe. We created the “link in bio” category — and we’re just getting started. From creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to global brands, we’re redefining how people connect with their communities, showcase their content and promote products — all in one link.

Today, a community of 70 million use Linktree, including icons like Adidas, TikTok, the UN Environmental Program, The NFL, Manchester United, World Central Kitchen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Selena Gomez. With 48,000 new accounts created every day, Linktree is the fastest-growing leader in our space.

We’ve teamed up with some of the world’s biggest platforms including TikTok, Snap, YouTube, GoFundMe, Spotify, Google, Stripe, Reddit, Laylo, and Kajabi, to unify Linkers’ digital spaces, and we partner with retail brands Amazon, Lululemon, Nike, Target, Sephora, Lululemon, and more to share products they love.

We’re a tight-knit, passionate team building best-in-class tools that make online presence simple, powerful, and yours. If you're excited by the idea of shaping a new category, setting the standard, and making space for everyone to be seen and succeed, we’d love to meet you.

Where And How We Work

We're a global, diverse team spread across continents with offices in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and San Francisco. We work together flexibly and you can choose the setup that works best for you: fully remote or a hybrid mix of office and home.

We offer autonomy in how you structure your days and weeks. While we’re mindful of time zones and occasionally collaborate outside the typical 9–5, we lean into async work to keep things flowing. Our culture is family-friendly and Zoom-casual where kids, pets, and delivery drivers are welcome.

How We’ll Help You Thrive

Our approach to benefits considers the whole person and the unique contributions they bring to Linktree. We want the experience at Linktree to be one that enables people to truly thrive so we can Go Further Together (one of our values). Some ways we support you:

• An annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set-up - the choice is yours!
• 100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees.
• Employer contribution towards your retirement.
• Generous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time, and other categories.
• Employee stock option program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success.
  
  

At Linktree, we believe in promoting a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, talents, and experiences, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunities to thrive. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all team members have a sense of belonging. Linktree welcomes all people regardless of sex, gender identity, race, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, age, or other lived experience. If you require accommodations to fully participate in our opportunities, please don't hesitate to reach us at talent@linktr.ee – your needs are important to us.