Senior Distributed Systems Engineer, Infra & Data Platforms

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next-generation infrastructure and platforms powering our AI-first future. You will design and optimize large-scale distributed systems, data storage, streaming, and analytics platforms across the full tech stack.

Hybrid work model with on-site collaboration on select days. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance, with exposure to open-source projects and collaborations

Qualifications

• BA/BS or related practical experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithms.
• Experience with distributed systems and backend APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize the performance of large-scale distributed systems with security and compliance in mind.
• Improve observability and understandability of systems to boost developer productivity and sustenance.
• Communicate effectively with team, partners and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the open-source community on cutting-edge projects (e.g., Iceberg, Airflow, Flink).
• Deliver incremental impact by driving innovation and shipping software at scale.
• Diagnose technical problems, debug in production, and automate routine tasks.

Skills

Data Structures & Algorithms

Distributed Systems

Operating Systems

Cloud Computing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Go

Rust

Scala

Job description

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build the next-generation infrastructure and platforms powering our AI-first future. You will design and optimize large-scale distributed systems, data storage, streaming, and analytics platforms across the full tech stack.

Hybrid work model with on-site collaboration on select days. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and performance, with exposure to open-source projects and collaborations