Staff Frontend Engineer, Arbor

Worky; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 193,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing allowance

Medical insurance

Retirement plan

Generous time off

Employee stock option program

Job summary

Linktree is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Arbor design system and platform engineering efforts. You will own the frontend platform, its architecture, APIs, and delivery standards, balancing hands-on craft with strategic collaboration with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders.

You will mentor engineers, raise the technical bar, and drive cross-team initiatives to scale frontend development across products while maintaining speed and quality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of frontend engineering experience, including designing and delivering scalable frontend systems.
• Proven track record building and scaling shared components or design systems used across multiple products.
• Strong cross-functional communication and influence to drive adoption without direct authority.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising technical standards across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical direction of Linktree's frontend platform and Arbor design system.
• Define and evolve component APIs, design tokens, theming, and accessibility practices.
• Set frontend architecture and delivery standards and codify patterns used by product teams.
• Lead cross-team initiatives end to end, balancing speed with platform health.
• Mentor engineers and grow technical judgment across the organization.

Skills

Frontend engineering

React

Design systems

Architectural leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

Design tokens

Theming

Job description

The Role

We'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.

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, Nike, Nordstrom, Target, Sephora, Vuori, 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 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 video-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 [e-mail] – your needs are important to us.