LinkedIn · 2 months ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Reliability (Edge Infrastructure)
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $297K/yr
5+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the health and reliability of complex web-scale systems, focusing on building the next generation of edge technologies and addressing production issues.
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Responsibilities
You will function as the technical lead for multiple key initiatives, identify problems & opportunities and lead teams to architect, design, implement and operationalize systems
You will 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
You will deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale
You will design products, services, tools and code that can be used by others while upholding operational impact of all decisions
You will improve the observability and understandability of various systems with a focus on improving developer productivity and system sustenance
You will effectively communicate with the team, partners and stakeholders to execute on the vision for long-term success of our core infrastructure teams
You will mentor other engineers, provide architectural guidance, define our challenging technical culture, and help to build a fast-growing team
You will working closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects
You will deliver incremental impact by driving innovation while iteratively building and shipping software at scale
You will diagnose technical problems, debug in production environments, and automate routine tasks
Qualification
Required
BS/BA 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 of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C/C++, Java, Golang, Rust, Python, Scala
2+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position
Preferred
MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline
10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership position
5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
10+ years of programming experience in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++
Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations
Experience leading a large organization
Experience with Internet-Edge technologies: traffic steering, DNS, TLS, L4/7 proxies, CDN, RUM, WAF and DDoS, and web performance
Experience with Linux operating systems and troubleshooting production systems at scale
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs
Time away for employees of all levels
Annual performance bonus
Stock
Benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans
Company
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business connections, search for jobs, and find potential clients. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$154.8MKey Investors
Bain Capital VenturesGreylockSequoia Capital
2016-06-13Acquired
2016-02-15Private Equity
2014-04-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Ryan Roslansky
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Operating Officer
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