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PrincipalStaffSoftwareEngineer,DevelopmentInfrastructure
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“Principal Staff Software Engineer, Development Infrastructure at LinkedIn. Skills: Development Infrastructure, Technical Leadership, Large-scale Distributed Systems, Developer Productivity, CI/CD. Grow, develop, and mentor a team that provides engineering systems. Build relationships with other teams and use their feedback to build and prioritize a strategy and roadmap”
What You'll Achieve.
Make everyone in LinkedIn R&D more productive and successful; Provide a delightful experience for our R&D teams; Influence, transform, and create an amazing experience for engineers at LinkedIn; Make development iterations faster; Make step function improvements in the lives of developers; Consistently high quality and minimal friction in building services; Improve developer feature/code velocity
Industry & Context.
Resolving complex technology issues
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
BAS Degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience, 10+ years of programming experience in Java, C++, C# or similar programming languages, 7+ years of experience building large-scale distributed applications, 7+ years in a technical leadership role overseeing large, cross-functional teams, 3+ years of experience building developer infrastructure and services, including development and code collaboration environments, CI/CD platforms, and measuring software development productivity and quality
Nice to Have
Dream big. Make big, bold moves to define and build the next generation of developer infra and inspire others to do the same, Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to communicate technical strategy and roadmap in a clear, precise, and actionable manner, Masters degree or higher in Computer Science or related field, Deep understanding of the Software development Life Cycle and related build and test systems, Shipped several large-scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams, Engagement in coaching and mentoring fellow engineers in their careers, Experience attracting, retaining, and developing engineering and operations talent throughout the industry
What You'll Do.
and mentor a team that provides engineering systems
Build relationships with other teams and use their feedback to build and prioritize a strategy and roadmap
deployment and craft of your team’s infrastructure and systems
Leverage deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers and provide leadership on resolving complex technology issues
Build operational excellence roadmaps
drive adoption of best practices from design to delivery
and improve developer feature/code velocity
Envision the next generation
development infrastructure
and lead strategic investments to make development iterations faster
Engage the industry-wide developer community and contribute to open-source software
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work across Engineering to build relationships with other teams; Use feedback from other teams to build and prioritize strategy and roadmap; Collaborate with multiple teams on products
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and presentation skills; Ability to communicate technical strategy and roadmap in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
Process & Methodology
Develop technical strategy, Prioritize strategy and roadmap, Lead strategic investments, Shipped several large-scale projects with multiple dependencies across teams
Full Job Description
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. This role will be based in Bellevue, WA. 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. The Development infrastructure (DI) organization has the mission of making everyone in LinkedIn R&D more productive and successful. The charter includes all the core infrastructure to Discover, Write, Build, Test and Deploy code. As a Principal Staff Software Engineer within DI, you will help envision the next generation, agent centric, large scale, development infrastructure at LinkedIn, providing a delightful experience for our R&D teams. As a key member of this team, you will get an opportunity to influence, transform, and create an amazing experience for engineers at LinkedIn. You will identify, develop, and lead strategic investments to make development iterations faster and make step function improvements in the lives of developers. You will have the opportunity to engage the industry-wide developer community and contribute to open-source software as well. The successful candidate will be a strong thought leader in the developer productivity space. Responsibilities: * Grow, develop, and mentor a team that provides engineering systems which enable all Linke
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