We are seeking a dynamic, hands-on VP of Engineering who will lead our product engineering organization from vision and architecture through delivery and operations. This person reports to the CEO, works closely with Product, Design, Customer Support, and other stakeholders, and will both set strategy and roll up their sleeves when needed to drive a fast moving, dynamic product and growing Engineering organisation in the AI era.

What You'll Own

Technical Leadership & Strategy

Define the technical roadmap and architecture of our product(s).
Make critical architecture and systems design decisions, ensure that systems are scalable, maintainable, secure, and performant.
Stay current with technology trends/innovations and evaluate/adopt where beneficial.
Ensure security and data privacy are embedded into our systems architecture and development practices

Hands-On Execution

Contribute to major technical components, algorithm design, post mortems etc, occasionally contribute code and review code
Be involved in solution design for high-complexity or high-risk modules to maintain technical quality and help unblock teams.
Lead or participate in technical deep-dives, code reviews, architecture reviews, especially for cross-team initiatives or for when the design has broad implications.

Team Building, Mentorship & Management

Build, grow, and mentor engineering managers, leads, and senior engineers. Ensure strong leadership across your team.
Recruit and retain top engineering talent, help define hiring strategy, technical interviewing, and onboarding.
Foster a culture of learning, code quality, ownership, psychological safety, and accountability.
Lead adoption of AI-driven tools to drive productivity and ensure we’re on the forefront of modern engineering and product building workflows.

Delivery & Operations

Oversee execution: ensure high cadence, predictable delivery, managing technical debt, operational excellence.
Set and monitor engineering KPIs and metrics (velocity, quality, uptime, etc.). Use data to drive improvements.
Maintain reliability, monitoring, logging, incident management, and processes for disaster recovery.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work with Product, Design, Sales, and Customer Support to balance technical debt vs feature delivery, prioritize properly.
Represent engineering to the executive team, communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and timelines in terms non-tech stakeholders understand.
Collaborate on budget, resource allocation, technology investment decisions.
Evangelize engineering excellence both internally and externally through thought leadership, conference speaking, and showcasing our architectural decisions or technical wins.

Process, Governance & Scaling

Establish best practices for coding, testing, deployment, security, and operations.
Continuously evaluate and evolve the engineering org structure to match the company’s growth, ensuring clarity of ownership, effective cross-functional collaboration, and sustainable decision-making velocity.

What Success Looks Like

The engineering org delivers on roadmap milestones with high quality and reliability.
Systems are architecturally sound, maintainable, and scalable; technical debt is under control.
Team attrition is healthy, engineers are growing in their roles; management pipeline is strong.
Stakeholders (Product, Customers, Execs) trust engineering estimates, trade-offs, and delivery timelines.
The engineering function is a key partner in business decision making, not just a delivery engine.
You’ll work directly with the CEO, who is product-led and values engineering as a thought partner, not just a delivery function.

Who We're Looking For

12+ years in software engineering, with at least 5+ years leading engineering managers or directors in growing, fast-paced environments.
Deep technical expertise: architecture, distributed systems, performance, security, infrastructure.
Proven track record of hands-on contributions at technical/architectural level even as leader.
Strong experience designing and launching large scale software products (or component platforms) with reliability, measurable performance, high availability.
Excellent leadership, mentoring, and people-management skills; ability to recruit and retain strong talent.
Strong collaboration, communication, ability to simplify & explain technical issues to executives and cross-functional teams.
Experience defining/using engineering metrics & KPIs to measure and improve performance.

Preferred / Nice-to-Haves

Experience scaling teams across multiple geographies
Prior experience in Saas / Consumer tech

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 $350,000-$420,000 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.

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