We’re seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional squad and deliver high-quality software at speed. You’ll set clear outcomes, prioritize across streams, and raise the technical bar while fostering operational excellence.

As part of engineering leadership, you’ll model pragmatic decision-making, prototype impactful features, and ship reliable releases. You’ll coach engineers with timely feedback and fair performance practices, and partner with Product and Design to shape roadmaps, make tradeoffs, and measure impact. You’ll also strengthen reliability through effective on-call and incident response.

What you’ll own

Architect and prototype new features, contributing code when appropriate.
Lead a cross-functional squad to deliver robust, user-centric solutions on schedule.
Define measurable outcomes, prioritize ruthlessly, and drive consistent execution.
Elevate standards via sound architecture, thorough reviews, and operational best practices.
Coach and develop engineers through feedback, growth plans, and fair performance management.
Collaborate with Product and Design on roadmaps, tradeoffs, and impact measurement.
Build reliability practices, including on-call readiness and incident response.

Who you are

Demonstrated expertise in modern software development and architecture, with a bias to prototype and ship.
Proven experience leading technical teams and delivering at scale in product-led environments.
Able to set strategy while attending to technical detail, balancing rigor with pragmatism.
Strong cross-functional partner to Product and Design with excellent communication.
Reliability-first mindset with experience running on-call and incident processes.
Has an AI forward mindset and has been greatly accelerating your team’s velocity with AI.

Nice to have

Familiarity with parts of our stack: TypeScript, React, GraphQL, AWS, PHP
Experimentation, analytics, or growth engineering exposure

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.

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