Full-Time

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Updated on 8/23/2026

Linkup

Linkup

11-50 employees

AI-first internet infrastructure for agents

No salary listed

San Francisco, CA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Paris, France | New York, NY, USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Kubernetes
Python
Distributed Systems
React.js
GitHub Actions
Data Visualization
Node.js
Nest.js
Machine Learning
Apache Storm
Java
Postgres
Data Engineering
Terraform
REST APIs

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Requirements
  • Have at least 3 years of experience in both frontend and backend development.
  • Understand distributed systems, application programming interfaces, and modern frontend frameworks such as React.
  • Demonstrate concern for performance, reliability, and code quality on both server-side and client-side systems.
  • Debug production issues and optimize performance bottlenecks.
  • Show interest in artificial intelligence infrastructure and retrieval systems.
  • Work effectively in a fast-paced, high-ownership startup environment.
Responsibilities
  • Build and operate large-scale, distributed systems powering artificial-intelligence-ready web search.
  • Develop application programming interfaces, frontends, and data pipelines for indexing, retrieval, and monitoring.
  • Design and implement intuitive, high-performance user interfaces for developers and enterprise users.
  • Maintain the web application and other user-facing products.
  • Optimize performance, scalability, and resource usage across the technology stack.
  • Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to system design.
  • Collaborate with machine learning and product teams to deliver data-driven features.
  • Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.

Linkup builds digital infrastructure that lets AI agents act as primary users of the internet, enabling them to access, process, and interact with web content in ways optimized for machines rather than humans. It aims to create a framework and ecosystem where AI can navigate online resources efficiently and safely, bridging AI with human interests to drive societal progress. Compared to others, Linkup focuses on AI-native internet access and interoperability, not just tools for AI, and positions itself as a bridge between AI capabilities and human needs. Its goal is to align AI and human interests to unlock AI’s potential for innovation and solving global challenges.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$13.3M

Headquarters

Paris, France

Founded

2024

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What believers are saying

  • February 3, 2026 brought a $10M seed from Gradient and Mistral-adjacent angels.
  • Linkup launched /fast on March 3, 2026 and touts sub-second retrieval.
  • Customer proof spans Artisan, KPMG, McKinsey, and SNCF by mid-2026.

What critics are saying

  • OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Exa, and Tavily can bundle similar search inside copilots fast.
  • Publisher licensing creates brittle supply; renewals, pricing hikes, or revocations can cripple coverage.
  • Usage-based APIs commoditize quickly; price wars can erase margins before expansion to San Francisco.

What makes Linkup unique

  • Linkup licensed premium publishers instead of scraping, reducing copyright blowback in 2026.
  • Its MCP server and OpenAPI fit Claude, Cursor, LangChain, and autonomous agents.
  • Linkup claims 92% SimpleQA F-score and native parallel search on June 15, 2026.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

19%

1 year growth

19%

2 year growth

40%
Maddyness
Feb 3rd, 2026
Former Spotify, Lyft and Carrefour execs raise $10M to build 'Google Search for AI

Linkup, founded by former executives from Spotify, Lyft and Carrefour, has raised $10 million in seed funding led by Gradient to build what it calls the "Google Search for AI". Elaia, Leblon Capital and Weekend Fund participated, alongside existing investors including Seedcamp and Axeleo Capital. Business angels such as Arthur Mensch from Mistral AI also backed the round. The startup has developed an API that enables AI systems to search and retrieve real-time information online. Its technology extracts granular data from web content to create an index specifically adapted to how AI processes information. Linkup has partnered with news publishers to access reliable, verified sources amidst growing concerns about misinformation and AI-generated fake content. The company previously raised €3 million in November 2024 and plans to expand teams in New York, San Francisco and Paris.

Brown Brothers Media
Jan 6th, 2025
Actionable raises €2M for AI platform

In 2024, Paris-based startup Actionable raised €2M in a pre-seed funding round. The company specializes in AI-driven predictive analysis of customer satisfaction, providing businesses with tools to forecast satisfaction and identify key drivers.

LinkedIn
Nov 18th, 2024
Motier Ventures on LinkedIn: #ai #dataaccess #content | 15 comments

Linkup announces a €3 million funding round to offer a new gateway to the internet in the era of artificial intelligence. 🌐 Linkup is revolutionizing how… | 15 comments on LinkedIn