LinkedIn · 1 month ago
Staff Software Engineer - Network Infrastructure
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $248K/yr
7+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical leadership in building and evolving network infrastructure platforms, focusing on automation, scalability, and reliability. This role involves collaboration across teams to ensure high standards in software development and operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership across the full lifecycle of network infrastructure software, including design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing operation, with a focus on scalability, performance, and 24x7 reliability
Build high-quality, production-grade software with strong engineering discipline, including comprehensive testing, code reviews, and continuous integration
Partner closely with network engineering and application teams to shape the technical direction of LinkedIn’s networking platforms, applying modern networking technologies and making informed architectural trade-offs
Raise the bar for engineering excellence by defining best practices, driving technical rigor, and mentoring engineers across the team
Define and evolve SLIs and SLOs, strengthen observability, and lead incident reviews and long-term corrective actions by partnering across network engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to align on requirements, interfaces, and rollout plans
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 Golang, Python, Java, C++, Rust
Experience with network protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, RDMA, network overlay technologies, and network-based Quality of Service (QoS)
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
Network automation / infrastructure platforms experience (configuration/change management, device lifecycle, audits/assurance, topology/state)
Experience in architecting, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems running in a 24x7 production environment
Experience or knowledge in networking programming, such as Software Defined Networking (SDN), intent-based configuration management, RDMA/RoCEv2, Segment Routing, and network congestion control algorithms
Experience or knowledge in SONiC Network Operating System, Kubernetes & CNI, host networking / TCP tuning
Experience or knowledge in network management, configuration generation and provisioning systems and tools. Ansible, REST/gRPC, NETCONF, Jenkins, Puppet, YANG, OpenConfig, etc
Benefits
Generous health and wellness programs
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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