LinkedIn · 11 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, Reliability (Espresso SRE)
Mountain View, CA
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. The role involves working as a reliability-focused software engineer contributing to the Espresso ecosystem, including architecture, design reviews, and automation implementation.
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Responsibilities
You will develop tools to improve our ability to rapidly deploy and effectively monitor custom applications in a large-scale Linux environment
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 produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration
You will serve as a primary point responsible for the overall health, performance, and capacity of one or more of our Internet-facing services
You will assist in the roll-out and ramp up of new product features and technologies to facilitate our rapid iteration and constant growth
You will gain deep knowledge of our complex applications and operate effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
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
BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
4+ years of industry 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
Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management
Proven coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and/or knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming
Experience with Linux operating systems and troubleshooting production systems at scale
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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