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Director of Engineering
Job Location:
Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 300000 - 325000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
11 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
8 October 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
The Role
Were looking for an Engineering Director to lead multiple product engineering teams responsible for building and evolving Linktrees core user-facing experiences. This role is for a product-first engineering leader who cares deeply about craft velocity and customer impact and who knows how to scale teams while continuing to ship high-quality product.
Youll partner closely with Product and Design leadership to turn strategy into execution guide technical direction across teams and ensure we consistently deliver beautiful performant and reliable experiences to millions of users. This is not a platform or infrastructure-focused role its about shipping product growing leaders and raising the bar for how we build.
What Youll Do
- Own engineering execution and outcomes across multiple product engineering teams.
- Lead coach and develop Engineering Managers and senior ICs building a strong leadership bench and healthy team culture.
- Set technical direction and standards for user-facing systems balancing long-term quality with delivery speed.
- Partner deeply with Product and Design to shape roadmaps define scope and translate product vision into shippable plans.
- Drive delivery excellence ensuring teams prioritize effectively and consistently deliver high-impact work.
- Guide architectural decisions for front-end and full-stack systems with a pragmatic product-minded approach.
- Champion quality performance and reliability including testing strategy operational readiness and on-call health.
- Leverage AI to accelerate both delivery and product impact from developer tooling and workflows to AI-powered product experiences that drive user value.
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders and executives surfacing progress risks and tradeoffs early and thoughtfully.
- Navigate ambiguity and shape strategy in evolving product areas defining the engineering approach where the playbook doesnt yet exist.
Who You Are
- Proven experience leading multiple product engineering teams in a product-led consumer-facing environment.
- Strong technical foundation in modern web development and architecture (TypeScript React GraphQL AWS).
- Deep understanding of how to ship and scale user-facing products with a high bar for UX performance and polish.
- Comfortable operating across levels from org design and strategy to critical technical and delivery decisions.
- Strong instinct for connecting engineering execution to business metrics you think in terms of conversion retention and revenue impact not just shipping features.
- A collaborative empathetic leader with strong cross-functional communication skills.
- Delivery-oriented with excellent instincts for prioritization sequencing and tradeoff management.
- Thrives in ambiguous high-opportunity spaces where the strategy is still being shaped.
- Curious and AI-forward actively using automation and LLM tools to boost team effectiveness.
Nice to Have
- Experience building products for creators small businesses or independent sellers particularly around helping them grow or monetize.
- Exposure to commerce subscription systems or monetization surfaces.
- Track record of scaling teams through periods of rapid product growth while maintaining quality.
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 $300000- $325000 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 dont tick every box in this listing please dont 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
Were on a mission to empower anyone to curate grow and monetize their digital universe. We created the link in bio category and were just getting started. From creators artists and entrepreneurs to global brands were 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 48000 new accounts created every day Linktree is the fastest-growing leader in our space.
Weve teamed up with some of the worlds 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 Nike Nordstrom Target Sephora Vuori and more to share products they love.
Were a tight-knit passionate team building best-in-class tools that make online presence simple powerful and yours. If youre excited by the idea of shaping a new category setting the standard and making space for everyone to be seen and succeed wed love to meet you.
Where and How We Work
Were 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 were mindful of time zones and occasionally collaborate outside the typical 95 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 well 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 companys success.
At Linktree we believe in promoting a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds talents and experiences and were 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 dont hesitate to reach us at your needs are important to us.
Required Experience:
Director
