Linear

Recruiting & HR Operations Specialist

North America

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 days ago

LogisticsRecruitingHRISOnboardingCollaboration

About the role

At Linear, we're building the product development system for teams and agents. AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we're shaping the tools this new era requires.
Founded in 2019, Linear has become the platform of choice for more than 30,000 companies (including OpenAI, Coinbase, and Ramp) to plan, build, and ship their products. Today, our team is distributed across North America and Europe, and we're continuing to grow internationally. What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software

Own recruiting coordination for a high volume of open roles and create a consistent, well-run hiring experience for candidates, interviewers, and hiring managers
Own our recruiting tech stack: keep our ATS (Ashby) clean and well-configured (templates, sequences, stages, reporting) and manage vendor administration
Support the offer process: send offers, manage approval coordination, and shepherd candidates through logistics to their start date
Design and own the onboarding experience at Linear: build an onboarding journey that's thoughtful, well-coordinated across teams, scaleable, and leaves every new hire feeling set up for success from offer acceptance through their first few months
Maintain people systems and data accuracy across our HRIS and ATS
Identify opportunities to make People Operations more efficient: automate the repeatable, improve the manual, and build systems that scale with the team
send offers, manage approval coordination, and shepherd candidates through logistics to their start date
automate the repeatable, improve the manual, and build systems that scale with the team
Building our teams: Why and how we do work trials at Linear https://linear.app/blog/why-and-how-we-do-work-trials-at-linear
Our recent Series C Fundraise https://linear.app/now/building-our-way and Giving our team liquidity https://linear.app/now/giving-our-team-liquidity-through-linear-s-first-tender-offer

4+ years of experience in recruiting operations, HR coordination, or people operations at a fast-moving tech company
Experience supporting employee onboarding and people programs, not just recruiting processes
Proven ability to juggle multiple open roles and competing priorities without dropping details or letting candidates go cold
Genuinely excited about using AI tools and automation to make your work and the candidate experience better
Experience scaling or improving HR systems and processes, not just running them as-is
Familiarity with tools like Notion, Slack, and Linear

AI is fundamentally changing how software gets built, and we're shaping the tools this new era requires.
Today, our team is distributed across North America and Europe, and we're continuing to grow internationally.
What unites us is relentless focus, fast execution, and a deep care for software craftsmanship.
This role is open to candidates based in North America - EST or CST preferred for timezone alignment with our Europe-based team.
We value deep focus and async collaboration, with intentional moments to connect in person through team off-sites, optional co-working, and occasional travel.
Hands-on experience with an ATS (Ashby a plus) and HRIS systems
you know how to get data in clean and keep it that way

Competitive salary and equity
Employee-friendly equity terms including early exercise in the US and extended exercise windows
Daily meal and coffee stipend on every workday
Health coverage (based on country requirements)
5 weeks paid vacation, plus local statutory holidays
4 months paid parental leave
We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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