LinkedIn ยท 2 weeks ago
Staff Software Engineer - Applications
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ 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 scale distributed applications, develop reliable user-centric applications, and provide technical leadership to drive engineering best practices across the organization.
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Responsibilities
You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality
You will develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7
You will produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration
You will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs. Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity
Qualification
Required
BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience
4+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
4+ years programming experience in object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Java, Javascript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, or Ruby
Preferred
BS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 7+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 4+ years of relevant work experience
Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale
Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
Proven coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and/or knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming
Experience building web applications and services with IDEs, ant, junit, etc
Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management
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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