The RoleWe're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join Linktree's platform engineering team and work on Arbor, our design system. Arbor owns the shared components, patterns, and frontend infrastructure that every product at Linktree is built on.
In this role you'll own the technical direction of the platform, its architecture, component APIs, design-system practices, and delivery standards, and you'll be a person other teams look to for how frontend engineering should be done at Linktree. You'll split your time between hands-on frontend craft and partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders on where the platform goes next. You'll operate with real autonomy and act as a key voice in how Linktree's frontend evolves to support fast, reliable product development at scale.
What You'll Own- Build and maintain the shared component library and design system, component APIs, design tokens, theming, accessibility, and documentation, that product teams across Linktree build on.
- Set the technical bar for frontend architecture, code quality, and delivery practices, and codify the patterns other teams adopt.
- Define and evolve Arbor's frontend platform strategy in close partnership with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders.
- Drive the design system's contribution and adoption model: versioning, breaking-change management, deprecation, and getting teams onto shared foundations.
- Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives end to end, from problem definition through rollout, balancing shipping speed against long-term platform health.
- Mentor and grow engineers across the organisation, raising overall craft and technical judgment.
Who We're Looking For- Strong cross-functional communication and influence skills; a proven ability to drive alignment and adoption across teams without formal authority.
- 8+ years of professional frontend engineering experience, including significant time operating at a Staff or equivalent level.
- Deep expertise in modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React) and a proven track record building and scaling shared component or design systems used by multiple teams.
- Hands-on fluency with the building blocks of a design system: component API design, design tokens and theming, versioning, and accessibility.
- A track record of mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar of the people around you.
Linktree is committed to providing a competitive compensation package. Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $193,000 - $227,000 in the San Francisco Bay or Los Angeles area. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate expertise, the scope of role and level, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
P.S. If you don't tick every box in this ad, 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!
