Lead Architect, Scalable Compute & Kubernetes Platform

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 231,000 - 378,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Software Engineer for Compute Infrastructure in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on re-architecting the compute stack and scaling workloads in a hybrid work environment.

You will design, build, and operate high-performance scheduling and deployment systems, including large Kubernetes clusters, while coordinating with senior engineering leaders to align infrastructure direction.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 10+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Java, Go, C/C++, Rust, Rust, Python.
• 4+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position.
• Experience developing large-scale distributed systems and using agentic software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year technical vision for LinkedIn's compute platform, translating company-level priorities into an infrastructure architecture and roadmap.
• Build and operate world class high performance scheduling/deployment solutions including some of the world's largest Kubernetes clusters to place stateless/stateful services, ML workloads and short running jobs efficiently.
• Build and operate a platform that allocates hardware resources with necessary physical/logical distribution for fault tolerance and easy maintenance.
• Build alignment across the engineering organization on infrastructure direction, partnering with distinguished engineers, fellows, and senior leadership
• Elevate engineering quality org-wide by coaching senior engineers, setting technical standards, and shaping how infrastructure decisions are made at LinkedIn

Skills

Distributed Systems

Golang

Technical Leadership

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Software Engineer for Compute Infrastructure in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on re-architecting the compute stack and scaling workloads in a hybrid work environment.

You will design, build, and operate high-performance scheduling and deployment systems, including large Kubernetes clusters, while coordinating with senior engineering leaders to align infrastructure direction.