Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Applications (identity And Pages)

Technical Leadership Role

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.

Job Description

This role is a technical leadership role across the Profile, Company Pages, Messaging, and Groups domains with a particular focus on the infrastructure that powers Identity representation across LinkedIn's products. You will be responsible for understanding wide ranging use cases across products, enhancing our Identity platform to support all applications fast, at massive scale, and with high reliability, and driving direction and alignment about the future of professional Identity in a changing technical landscape. This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.

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.

Responsibilities

You will deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale. You will identify problems and opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems. You will work closely with and influence product and/or technology partners regularly to help define roadmap. You will actively improve the level of craftsmanship at LinkedIn by developing best practices and defining best strategies. You will resolve conflicts between teams within the organization to get alignment and build team culture. You will provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization. You will design products/services/tools and code that can be used by others while upholding operational impact of all decisions. You will review others' work and share knowledge.

Basic Qualifications

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions. 5+ years programming experience in languages such as Python, Java, Javascript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Ruby, etc. 2+ years of experience in an architect or technical leadership position.

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years' experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 5 years of experience in a technical leadership position. 5+ years experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures. 10+ years programming experience in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++ Experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures. Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations. Experience leading a large organization.

Suggested Skills

Technical Leadership, Architectural Mastery, Code Review and Quality Assurance, Cross-organizational Collaboration, Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing.

You Will Benefit From Our Culture

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels. LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $175,000 - $288,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to: Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you, Having interviews in an accessible location, Being accompanied by a service dog, Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview. A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

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