Staff Software Engineer, Capacity & Efficiency

LinkedIn; California; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Capacity & Efficiency Engineering team. You will build foundational datasets, models, and tools powering infrastructure visibility, cost attribution, and planning.

This role blends hands-on coding with leadership, mentoring engineers and shaping strategy across teams in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in software design, development, and algorithms.
• Experience with capacity planning or infrastructure cost management.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring or leading engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve systems and tools powering capacity planning and efficiency at LinkedIn.
• Develop datasets and planning tools to surface right-sizing and optimization opportunities.
• Maintain high data quality, correctness, and reliability for critical decisions.
• Stay hands-on in complex engineering challenges and set technical standards.
• Influence technical strategy and mentor engineers across teams.

Skills

Software design

OO programming

C/C++

Java

Go

Rust

Python

Scala

Capacity planning

Infrastructure cost models

Education

BS/BA in CS or related field

Job description

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Capacity & Efficiency Engineering team. You will build foundational datasets, models, and tools powering infrastructure visibility, cost attribution, and planning.

This role blends hands-on coding with leadership, mentoring engineers and shaping strategy across teams in a hybrid work environment.