LinkedIn · 1 week ago
Principal Staff Software Engineer, Regulatory Compliance
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$209K/yr - $343K/yr
7+ years expLinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. As a Principal Staff Software Engineer, you will architect and lead the implementation of regulatory and compliance solutions, ensuring that LinkedIn’s products adhere to global regulations while enhancing member trust and developer velocity.
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Responsibilities
Serve as a senior technical leader driving the long-term regulatory and compliance engineering strategy across LinkedIn’s marketplaces. Ensure that compliance needs are met through well designed and effectively implemented technology solutions
Architect solutions that complement both existing and new systems at LinkedIn to enable compliance by design
Partner closely and across many different types of engineering teams to raise the bar for regulatory awareness and compliance by design and ensure e2e compliance
Analyze complex systems problems and drive meaningful engineering and product decisions by balancing the risk, compliance and member value
Define and own the roadmap of bringing regulatory best practices to critical user journeys for LinkedIn’s products to help capture and improve the experience of LinkedIn’s members/customers
Support external regulatory engagements to translate complex technical challenges into understandable terms for technical and non-technical audiences
Spearhead a multi-year initiative to transition and transform LinkedIn’s infrastructure to ensure continuous compliance even as regulations change and evolve
Lead technical discussions on the impact of regulations on Engineering at LinkedIn, what the function should evolve into over the next 3–5 years
Deliver key insights, executive level reporting across the cross-functional engineering teams to enable the right business decisions around improving regulatory best practices
Act as a force multiplier by mentoring engineers, influencing technical direction across orgs, and contributing deeply to culture, hiring, and technical excellence
Lead regulatory incident response and post-incident reviews to identify root causes and implement preventive measures. Develop and maintain processes and procedures to ensure timely resolution of issues and minimize impact on members and customers
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
7+ years of industry experience
5+ years in an architect or technical leadership position
5+ years focused on regulatory & compliance engineering landscape
Preferred
BS and 12+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 10+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 8+ years of relevant work experience
Previous experience in a Principal Software Staff Engineer or equivalent role at a high-growth or web-scale technology company
Hands-on experience with large compliance initiatives - Examples include SOX, PCI, DMA, GPDR, DSA, AI Act
Hands on experience building engineering solutions for internet scale products
Proven success designing and leading architectural transformations at internet-scale companies
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience influencing across multiple orgs and leadership levels
Deep knowledge of various data systems, particularly around management of data
Track record of setting long-term technical strategy and driving systemic improvements to meet regulatory and compliance requirements
Growth mindset to keep up with evolving technology and regulatory landscape and agility to adapt quickly
Business acumen to understand the business outcomes and align technical solutions with compliance requirements while balancing business outcomes
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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