Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

Bengaluru, KA, India · On-site · Full-time

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EmployerLinkedin
LocationBengaluru, KA, India
Work styleOn-site
Employment typeFull-time
Employer posted1 month ago

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.

This role will be based in Bangalore, India.

As part of our world-class software engineering team, you will be charged with building the next-generation infrastructure and platforms for LinkedIn, including but not limited to: an application and service delivery platform, massively scalable data storage and replication systems, cutting-edge search platform, best-in-class AI platform, experimentation platform, privacy and compliance platform 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 an extreme scale. LinkedIn has already pioneered well-known open-source infrastructure projects like Apache Kafka, Pinot, Azkaban, Samza, Venice, Datahub, Feather, etc. We also work with industry standard open source infrastructure products 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.

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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
Identify problems and opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems
Work closely with and influence product and/or technology partners regularly to help define roadmap
Resolve conflicts between teams within the organization to get alignment and build team culture
Review others' work and share knowledge

Basic Qualifications

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
14+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
14+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as Java, C++, Python, Go, 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
14+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with at least 5 years of experience in a technical leadership position
5+ years of experience in an architect or technical leadership position

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
Experience leading a large organization
Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations

Suggested Skills

Distributed systems
Backend Systems Infrastructure
Java

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