Principal Platform Engineer — AI-Driven Infra Leader

LinkedIn; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 226,000 - 369,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Engineer to lead architecture and build next-generation infrastructure powering AI-first developer platforms at global scale. You will define end-to-end infrastructure for CI/CD, deployment, observability, and real-time data pipelines, mentoring teams across cloud environments.

You will drive security-by-design standards, supervise architecture reviews, and guide large-scale Kubernetes-based compute infrastructure, service delivery, and traffic management to

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related field or equivalent technical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 5+ years of experience as an architect or in a technical leadership position.
• Experience designing and building distributed systems, service infrastructure, or related systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale infrastructure systems for end-to-end software lifecycle platforms.
• Design unified CI/CD and deployment platforms spanning build, test, deploy, and runtime operations.
• Build observability, monitoring, and cost visibility systems for production infrastructure.
• Develop real-time data pipelines and online serving systems supporting automated or AI-assisted operations.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor engineers on scalable system design.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Technical leadership

Architectural leadership

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Envoy / gRPC

Apache Kafka

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Engineer to lead architecture and build next-generation infrastructure powering AI-first developer platforms at global scale. You will define end-to-end infrastructure for CI/CD, deployment, observability, and real-time data pipelines, mentoring teams across cloud environments.

You will drive security-by-design standards, supervise architecture reviews, and guide large-scale Kubernetes-based compute infrastructure, service delivery, and traffic management to