Staff Software Engineer - Network

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Network team, focusing on designing, implementing, and operating network software for data centers, inter-DC backbone, and host networking stack that powers LinkedIn's economic graph. This is a hybrid role based in LinkedIn's Mountain View campus.

The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in both software engineering and networking domains. The team is responsible for critical infrastructure components including network operating system (SONiC), traffic engineering, intent-based configuration management, telemetry, and various systems for network packet forwarding and translation, monitoring, and operations.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be a key technical leader and role model within the team. The position requires someone who can design and develop technology to serve business and technical objectives, understand state-of-the-art networking research, align perspectives across teams, and make strategic trade-offs. You'll be working with technologies like TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, RDMA, and network overlay technologies, while using languages such as Golang, Python, Java, C++, or Rust.

The role offers competitive compensation ($147,000 - $240,000) and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), parental leave, and educational assistance. LinkedIn's culture emphasizes trust, care, inclusion, and fun, providing transformational opportunities for employee growth. This position represents an excellent opportunity to impact the infrastructure of the world's largest professional network while working with cutting-edge networking technologies.