Senior Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 326,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Stock options

Benefits

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the next generation of its infrastructure. You will drive design and delivery of distributed systems, data storage, and Kubernetes-based platforms at scale across LinkedIn.

You will mentor engineers, guide multiple initiatives from architecture to operations, and collaborate with open-source communities. The role is hybrid, based in Mountain View, CA, or Bellevue, WA, with on-site collaboration on select days.

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related field or equivalent technical experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C/C++, Java, Go, Rust, Python, Scala.
• 2+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position.
• Hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed systems, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale.
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization.
• Actively improve the level of craftsmanship at LinkedIn by developing best practices and defining best strategies.
• Design products/services/tools and code that can be used by others while upholding operational impact of all decisions.
• Functioning as the tech-lead for multiple key initiatives, identify problems and opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems.
• Partner closely with teams within the org and customers to execute on the vision for long-term success of our core infrastructure teams.
• Working closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects.
• Keep a platform first approach while designing products/service

Skills

Distributed Systems

Technical Leadership

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Systems Infrastructure

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

MS or PhD in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

GRPC

GraphQL

Job description

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

• Full-time
• Workplace Type: Hybrid

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role will be based in Mountain View, CA, or Bellevue, WA.

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.

As part of our world-class software engineering team, you will take the lead in building the next-generation infrastructure and platforms for LinkedIn, including but not limited to: service delivery platform, scalable data storage infrastructure, graph infrastructure, analytics platform, streams processing and data pipelines, cutting-edge search platform, best-in-class AI/ML infrastructure, Kubernetes compute infrastructure, media infrastructure, etc. You will work and learn among the best, putting to use your passion for distributed technologies and algorithms, API design and systems design, and your passion for writing code that performs at massive scale. LinkedIn has pioneered many well-known open-source infrastructure projects including Apache Kafka, Pinot, Azkaban, Samza, Venice, Datahub, Feather, etc. We also work with industry standard open source infrastructure technologies like Kubernetes, GRPC and GraphQL - come join our infrastructure teams and share the knowledge with a broader community while making a real impact within our company.

As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer, you will be a key technical leader and role model within the organization. We are looking for a technical lead who designs and develops technology to serve business and technology objectives, aligns points of view across teams and makes trade offs to help achieve the goals of individual teams as well as LinkedIn's broader goals. You will foster LinkedIn's culture and values around transformation, collaboration and results. You will work closely with technical leadership and management within and outside our organization to contribute to building best-in-class core systems infrastructure for LinkedIn.

Responsibilities

• Deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization
• Actively improve the level of craftsmanship at LinkedIn by developing best practices and defining best strategies
• Design products/services/tools and code that can be used by others while upholding operational impact of all decisions
• Functioning as the tech-lead for multiple key initiatives, identify problems and opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems
• Partner closely with teams within the org and customers to execute on the vision for long-term success of our core infrastructure teams
• Working closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects.
• Keep a platform first approach while designing products/service

Basic Qualifications

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
• 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C/C++, Java, Go, Rust, Python, Scala
• 2+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position
• Hands-on experience developing large-scale, distributed systems, and databases

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 5 years of experience in a technical leadership position
• 10+ years of experience in an object-oriented programming language such as C/C++, Java, Go, Rust, Python, Scala
• 5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
• Experience in architecting and designing large-scale distributed systems related to data infrastructure, IaaS, ML/AI infrastructure, storage, graph, Kubernetes, and platforms.

Suggested Skills

• Distributed Systems
• Technical Leadership
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $198,000 to $326,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

• annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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