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Senior Backend Engineer, Growth

Los Angeles, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Aug 2025

💰 $210,000/yr($180,000/yr – $210,000/yr)

About the role

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Growth team. In this role, you will be a key player in driving the expansion and optimization of our product. We're seeking great problem-solvers who enjoy collaborating with others (not just engineers) and value well-written, tested code. As a Senior Backend Engineer at Linktree, you’ll work closely with various team members to achieve your goals, diving deep into how we currently work and helping us optimize it. Joining us now means you'll have a significant influence on the direction we're headed.
We hire with a people-first approach. As a human, you will be collaborative, curious, enjoy solving complex problems, and have empathy for the growing pains of a rapidly scaling startup.

What You’ll Own

Build products that directly help Linkers earn a living.
Make technical decisions working backwards from a desired outcome and you take pride in building simple solutions to achieve that goal.
Work in cross-functional teams to build the services and infrastructure that power core commerce experiences (product management, transaction tracking, managing payments to creators, integrating with third party merchant stores).
Improve operational efficiency by shipping infra that optimizes performance, reliability and efficiency.

Who We’re Looking For

Someone who both loves designing durable, extensible systems while also feeling comfortable building a first version quickly to validate then iterate.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent and 5+ years of Software Engineering experience.
Experience building modern backend services that power web and mobile front ends, and manage the cloud infrastructure that powers your services.
Experience with our core service stack (Typescript, Node.js and PostgreSQL, GraphQL). A plus is experience with the rest of our stack: AWS (S3, EventBridge, SQS, Lambdas, ECS, CDK), PHP, Snowflake for our data warehouse.
Experience working with industry-wide payment facilitator services (Stripe, Paypal) and building systems for payment tracking is a plus.

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 $180,000 -$210,000 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