LinkedIn ยท 1 month ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Search & Recommendation
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. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to define and lead the technical strategy for Search and Recommendation in LinkedIn's Talent Solutions, focusing on large-scale search retrieval and AI advancements.
Professional NetworkingRecruitingSocial MediaSocial Recruiting
Responsibilities
You will deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale
You will work closely with and influence product and/or technology partners regularly to help define a long-term technology roadmap
Owning 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
Functioning as the tech-lead for several concurrent key initiatives across Search and AI Infrastructure, AI modeling and defining the future of AI-enabled products
You will execute on product and technical workstreams by collaborating with engineering, product managers, designers, other software development teams, and business partners
You will be a role model and professional coach for engineers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship
You will resolve conflicts between teams within the organization to get alignment and build team culture
You will create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, innovation, and learning
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures
5+ years of experience in programming languages such as Python, Java, Rust, C#, C/C++
3+ years of experience in an architect or technical leadership position
Preferred
10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
2+ years' experience building ML applications, LLM serving, GPU serving
2+ years working on search retrieval and ranking
1+ years of working on GenAI applications (Prompt engineering optimizations, Fine tuning, etc.)
Experience with machine learning or related technology
Experience building large-scale consumer products
Experience in leading cross-organization, cross-functional efforts and successfully delivering transformational technology for hard problems
Active involvement in the creation and execution of technical strategies and roadmaps
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs
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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