Distributed Systems Engineer - AI-First Infrastructure

LinkedIn; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Stock options

Benefits

Job summary

LinkedIn is building the next generation of data and infrastructure platforms to power its AI-first experiences. Hybrid work model combines remote and on-site collaboration, with a focus on scalable distributed systems, security, and reliability across the stack.

Join a world-class software engineering team designing large-scale infrastructure, storage, streaming, and analytics platforms that enable high-velocity feature delivery while ensuring privacy and compliance for a global user base.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in CS or related technical discipline
• 1+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm-related solutions
• Experience programming in OO languages such as Java, C++, Python, Go, C#, Rust and/or functional languages such as Scala

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize the performance of large-scale distributed systems with security and compliance in mind
• Participate in design and code reviews to maintain high development standards
• Partner with peers, leads and partners to define, scope, prioritize, and build impactful features at a high velocity

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend development

Object-oriented programming

Education

BA/BS in CS or related

Tools

GCP

S3

Azure

Iceberg

Spark

Flink

Trino

Airflow

Kubernetes

GraphQL

GRPC

Kafka

Pinot

ClickHouse

Cassandra

Job description

LinkedIn is building the next generation of data and infrastructure platforms to power its AI-first experiences. Hybrid work model combines remote and on-site collaboration, with a focus on scalable distributed systems, security, and reliability across the stack.

Join a world-class software engineering team designing large-scale infrastructure, storage, streaming, and analytics platforms that enable high-velocity feature delivery while ensuring privacy and compliance for a global user base.