Senior Manager, Software Engineering

LinkedIn; Karnataka; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn Bangalore invites an experienced engineering leader to join the India initiatives team. You will lead a large team of engineers and managers, shaping architecture and product roadmaps while delivering scalable services.

The role requires 12+ years of relevant experience and strong technical management. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and drive high-quality, production-grade systems in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant engineering work experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on technical management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the performance and career development of a large team of engineers and managers, owning significant parts of LinkedIn products.
• Participate with senior leadership in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
• Coach engineers and managers with a bias for action and craftsmanship.
• Collaborate with peers to support a shared technical stack.
• Scale distributed applications, review code, and deliver with speed and quality.
• Ensure high-quality software is unit tested and CI-ready.
• Interact with product and cross-functional partners to shape impactful roadmaps.

Skills

Technical Leadership

People Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

C++

Job description

LinkedIn is the worlds largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. Were also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture thats built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed.

We are looking for a passionate, entrepreneurial engineering leader to join the Bangalore engineering team. In this role, you will be part of LinkedIn's India initiatives team responsible for leading a team of engineers to develop new products and services and scale existing LinkedIn's products for the fast-growing Indian market. You will also partner with other teams across the company to ensure a consistently awesome experience across platforms and products.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team

Responsibilities

• You will manage the performance and career development of a large team of engineers and managers, and own significant parts of LinkedIn products that require design, architecture, and coding.
• You will participate with senior leadership in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
• You will be a role model and professional coach for engineers and managers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship.
• You will work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.
• You will manage teams to scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs, review code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
• You will produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• You will also be interacting closely with product and other cross-functional partners to help create roadmaps that can lead to a significant impact on our products.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field with 12+ years of relevant engineering work experience and 4+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• 5+ years software design, coding in one of the following languages: Java, C++

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of management experience in building small to medium-sized teams, demonstrating growth and a track record of successful deliveries.
• 5+ years of experience in building and working with production grade systems.
• Shipped several large-scale projects with dependencies across multiple teams.
• Built and delivered on successful cross-functional partnerships across multiple teams.
• Been actively involved in creation and execution of technical strategy and roadmap.
• Actively coached, mentored and grew team members in their careers.
• Track record in partnering with recruiting to hire and build incredible engineering teams.

Suggested Skills

• Technical Leadership
• People Management
• Stakeholder Management

You will Benefit from our Culture

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