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Linear
About Linear
Linear makes software that product and engineering teams use to plan roadmaps, track issues and ship releases, and more than 50,000 companies, among them OpenAI, Coinbase and Ramp, run their work on it. Security is treated as part of product quality there, and its one opening is a Senior / Staff Security Engineer. The role is remote for people in North America; the wider team is spread across North America, Europe and Australia.
From its own postings
, CyberJobs.cc shows 1 security opening at Linear.
Linear security openings
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Working at Linear
Linear dates from 2019, when Karri Saarinen, Tuomas Artman and Jori Lallo set it up; it is private and was valued at $1.25 billion in its 2025 Series C. Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings).
1 security role open at the last read1 open role at Linear, confirmed on its careers system 12 Nov 2026.
Salaried senior or staff engineering role, remote within North America.
The place given is North America as a whole, with the role remote within that region.
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Salaries at Linear
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
Linear states $240,000-$282,000 per year for the senior or staff level (12 Nov 2026).
1 of its 1 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Linear, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering | 1 | $240k–$282k/yr1 rate | $282k/yr |
Specialties Linear hires in
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Linear: common questions
What salary does Linear offer security staff?
Stated per posting. Linear states $240,000-$282,000 per year for the senior or staff level (12 Nov 2026).
What sort of company is Linear?
Linear dates from 2019, when Karri Saarinen, Tuomas Artman and Jori Lallo set it up; it is private and was valued at $1.25 billion in its 2025 Series C.
What is it like to work in security at Linear?
Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings). As a cloud and data company, its security work runs at infrastructure scale, with heavy cloud and identity focus.
What kind of employment are Linear's security roles?
Salaried senior or staff engineering role, remote within North America.
Where are Linear's security jobs based?
The place given is North America as a whole, with the role remote within that region.
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