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Sr.StaffSoftwareEngineer,DevelopmentInfrastructure

$198–326k Bellevue, Washington, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Development Infrastructure at LinkedIn. Skills: Development Infrastructure, large-scale distributed applications, developer productivity, Technical Leadership, Technical strategy. Grow, develop, and mentor a team that provides engineering systems which enable all LinkedIn developers to build services for LinkedIn members and Enterprise customers productively, with consistently high quality, and with minimal friction.. Own the design, development, testing, deployment ”

What You'll Achieve.

make everyone in LinkedIn R&D more productive and successful; providing a delightful experience for our R&D teams; influence, transform, and create an amazing experience for engineers at LinkedIn; identify, develop, and lead strategic investments to make development iterations faster and make step function improvements in the lives of developers; improve developer feature/code velocity

Industry & Context.

Internet
Problems you'll solve

resolve 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, 7+ years of programming experience in Java, C++, C# or similar programming languages, 7+ years of experience building large-scale distributed applications, 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 which enable all LinkedIn developers to build services for LinkedIn members and Enterprise customers productively

with consistently high quality

and with minimal friction.

deployment and craft of your team’s infrastructure and systems

with high reliability and scalability.

Build operational excellence roadmaps

drive adoption of best practices from design to delivery

and improve developer feature/code velocity.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work across Engineering to build relationships with other teams and use their feedback and understand their goals to build and prioritize a strategy and roadmap for your team, and for products that may multiple teams.; Engagement in coaching and mentoring fellow engineers in their careers

Communication Scope

Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to communicate technical strategy and roadmap in a clear, precise, and actionable manner

Process & Methodology

prioritize a strategy and roadmap for your team, and for products that may multiple teams., 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 Senior 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 LinkedIn

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