LinkedIn · 3 days ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Insights
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $297K/yr
8+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. The Senior Staff Software Engineer will shape the company-wide vision for accelerating developer productivity through data and insights, driving investments based on industry best practices and innovative AI technologies.
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Responsibilities
Driving company level developer productivity uplift through data and insights
Shape and execute on the developer productivity analytics and insights strategy across the company
Provide effective data and actionable insights driven guidance to Developer Productivity strategy at the company level
Own and drive the technical roadmap and architecture for the developer productivity analytics and insights infrastructure and processes
Continuously improve telemetry coverage/quality and tighten definitions to evolve metrics that drive better business decisions
Help maximize developer productivity gains by guiding proper application of AI tools and technologies to accelerate pace of engineering at the company level
Build innovative telemetry and analytics solutions by leveraging best of breed AI tools & technologies in the developer productivity domain
Quantify outcomes when randomized tests aren’t feasible, using sound alternatives and communicating assumptions and limits clearly
Own, manage and extend services and infrastructure, constantly improving and adding new features, while driving operational excellence
Promote and drive best practices and industry standards across the company
Partner with engineers and teams across the company to guide, influence and iterate on their dev productivity strategies and build best in class developer productivity solutions
Lead and mentor the next generation of engineering leaders by building a culture of craftsmanship and innovation
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience
5+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
5+ years of experience in programming languages such as Python, Java, C/C++, C#
2+ years of experience in an architect or technical leadership position
Preferred
BS and 10+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 6+ years of relevant work experience
Strong hands-on experience in the developer productivity domain in large engineering environments, including building, and operationalizing complex, reliable systems
Extremely passionate about data and insights as a key driver of organization engineering success
Development experience with AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Github co-pilot
Proven record of measurement strategy in developer productivity - Crafting pragmatic plans, drive alignment across teams, and clearly present pros/cons to earn stakeholder buy-in
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, common deployment models and infrastructure, and various techniques used to safely introduce change into production environments
Demonstrable experience with application of data and insights to improve organizational engineering practices
Experience designing and building data processing applications, pipelines and infrastructure at scale
Strong hands-on experience with data processing pipeline technologies such as Spark, Flink, Trino, Airflow, Dagster, Openhouse, Lakehouse, Icerberg and Kafka
Experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
Experience with strategic planning, executing on a long term roadmap, team development and scaling processes to support business growth
Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs and 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
Dan Shapero
Chief Operating Officer
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