connected project by BA

GSOBA; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn seeks a senior engineering leader to drive roadmaps and architecture for large product areas. The role involves designing distributed, scalable systems, making critical technology choices, and leading cross-functional initiatives to improve productivity and reliability.

The candidate will collaborate with engineering directors and product leads to define strategies, mentor teams, and ensure high-quality software delivery. Hybrid work is supported, with some on-site days as needed.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
• 4+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 4+ years programming experience in object-oriented languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, or Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical roadmap and architecture for a product area or infrastructure domain.
• Design highly complex, multi-tier distributed systems and decide on synchronous vs asynchronous patterns.
• Identify and execute large-scale cross-functional initiatives to improve productivity, reliability, or cost.
• Define technical strategies with engineering directors and cross-functional leads.
• Learn to navigate complex organizational dynamics and drive consensus across teams.
• Scale distributed applications with architectural trade-offs and fast delivery.
• Develop 24x7 user-centric apps that are reliable and maintainable.
• Produce high quality software that is unit tested and code reviewed.
• Provide technical leadership to initiate, plan, and execute large programs.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Architectural Mastery

Code Review and QA

Advanced Security Practices

Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing

Education

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

BS and 8+ years of relevant work experience

MS and 7+ years of relevant work experience

PhD and 4+ years of relevant work experience

Tools

IDEs

JUnit

Ant

SQL

Job description

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 drive the technical roadmap and architecture for an entire product area or major infrastructure domain, aligning engineering efforts with medium to long term business goals.
• You will design highly complex, multi-tiered distributed systems, making critical high-stakes choices regarding synchronous vs. asynchronous patterns, data storage, and third-party integrations.
• You are expected to identify, champion, and execute large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that fundamentally improve engineering productivity, system reliability, or operational costs.
• You will work with engineering directors, product leads, and cross-functional principals to define technical strategies and de-risk highly ambiguous product requirements.
• You will learn to navigate complex organizational dynamics, mastering the art of technical persuasion and driving consensus across divergent engineering teams.
• You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
• You will develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
• You will produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• You will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs.
• You will identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.
• 4+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 4+ years programming experience in object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, or Ruby.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 7+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale.
• Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Proven coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and/or knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming.
• Experience building web applications and services with IDEs, ant, JUnit, etc.
• Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management.
• Experience authoring comprehensive RFCs and driving architecture review boards for multi-team systems.
• Strong domain expertise in modern cloud architectures, distributed storage systems, or advanced machine learning infrastructure.
• Proven track record of transforming ambiguous business opportunities into autonomous agentic systems capable of long-horizon reasoning and decision-making.

Suggested Skills

• Technical Leadership
• Architectural Mastery
• Code Review and Quality Assurance
• Advanced Security Practices
• Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing