Engineering Manager, Curate

Engineering Manager, Curate

Los Angeles, CA
• San Francisco, CA

Product Engineering
Hybrid
Full-time

We’re looking for a hands‑on Engineering Manager to lead our Curate pillar — the team behind how millions of users shape their Linktrees through identity, design, and content organization. This pillar owns the surfaces and systems that bring expression, curation, and action together — from link appearance and layout to theming and creator tools.

You’ll guide a cross‑functional team of engineers, designers, and PMs to ship beautiful, performant, and reliable user experiences ’ll balance architectural depth with rapid prototyping, champion quality and maintainability, and ensure we deliver delightful features that reflect Linktree’s aesthetic bar.

• Lead and mentor a high‑performing engineering squad focused on building expressive, high‑impact user surfaces.
• Architect and prototype new customization and curation features, contributing code when it unblocks progress.
• Drive technical excellence through thoughtful design reviews, testing practices, and operational reliability.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate user needs into scalable systems and elegant experiences.
• Set clear outcomes and prioritize effectively across multiple streams to maximize impact and velocity.
• Embed AI tooling and workflows to enhance developer productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Champion reliability
  , ensuring smooth on‑call coverage and continuous improvement in incident response.

• Experienced in modern web development and architecture (Type Script, React, Graph
  
  QL, AWS, PHP).
• Proven track record leading engineering teams in product‑led environments
  , ideally consumer‑facing or design‑forward products (e.g., Figma, Canva, Notion, Squarespace).
• Skilled at balancing strategic direction with hands‑on execution
  ; you’re as comfortable in the code as you are in roadmap discussions.
• Collaborative and empathetic, with strong cross‑functional communication skills.
• Reliability‑first mindset with experience managing production systems and on‑call processes.
• Curious and AI‑forward
  , using automation and LLM tools to boost team velocity.

• Experience with growth or experimentation frameworks
  .
• Background working on creator platforms, personalization, or design tooling
  .
• Passion for helping users express themselves through beautiful, high‑performing digital experiences
  .

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 $220,000 ‑ $250,000 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.

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.

• 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.

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, Tik Tok, the UN Environmental Program, The NFL,…