Staff Systems Engineer, Infrastructure (Hybrid)

LinkedIn; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 287,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Systems/Backend engineer to help design and operate large-scale distributed systems that power AI-first experiences and data platforms. You will scale infrastructure, ensure reliability, privacy, and compliance while collaborating across teams in a hybrid work model.

The role emphasizes building observable, scalable systems, working with open-source projects, and mentoring engineers to drive a strong technical culture. Competitive compensation applies.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in CS or related technical discipline or related practical experience.
• 4+ years of industry software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 4+ years experience programming in object‑oriented languages such as Java, C++, Python, Go, Rust, C# and/or Functional languages such as Scala or other relevant coding languages.
• Hands on experience developing distributed systems, large‑scale systems, databases and/or Backend APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful and forward‑looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open‑ended problems.
• Design, implement, and optimize the performance of large‑scale distributed systems with security and compliance in mind.
• Improve the observability and understandability of various systems with a focus on improving developer productivity and system sustenance.
• Communicate effectively with the team, partners and stakeholders.
• Mentor other engineers, define our challenging technical culture, and help to build a fast‑growing team.
• Work closely with the open‑source community to participate and influence cutting edge open‑source projects (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Apache Airflow, Apache Flink).
• Deliver incremental impact by driving innovation while iteratively building and shipping software at scale.
• Diagnose technical problems, debug in production environments, and automate routine tasks.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend Systems Infrastructure

Java/Golang/Rust/Python

Education

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Systems/Backend engineer to help design and operate large-scale distributed systems that power AI-first experiences and data platforms. You will scale infrastructure, ensure reliability, privacy, and compliance while collaborating across teams in a hybrid work model.

The role emphasizes building observable, scalable systems, working with open-source projects, and mentoring engineers to drive a strong technical culture. Competitive compensation applies.