Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
Distributed Systems
Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Systems Infrastructure team in Bangalore, India. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on next-generation infrastructure and platforms that power LinkedIn's global services.

The position involves building and maintaining critical systems including application and service delivery platforms, massively scalable data storage systems, cutting-edge search platforms, AI infrastructure, experimentation frameworks, and privacy/compliance platforms. You'll be working with industry-leading open-source projects like Apache Kafka, Pinot, Azkaban, Samza, Venice, and Datahub, while also utilizing modern technologies like Kubernetes, GRPC, and GraphQL.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll drive technical strategy across teams, architect complex distributed systems, and mentor other engineers. The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems, strong coding abilities in languages like Java, Python, or Go, and experience with large-scale data storage solutions. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to open-source projects and influence the broader technology community while solving challenging problems at scale.

The position offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining remote work with office time, and emphasizes LinkedIn's culture of trust, inclusion, and innovation. You'll be part of a world-class engineering team that values technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to make a significant impact on technology that serves hundreds of millions of professionals worldwide.

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Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

  • Own the technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with forward-looking approaches
  • Design, implement, and optimize large-scale distributed systems
  • Improve system observability and developer productivity
  • Communicate effectively with team, partners and stakeholders
  • Mentor other engineers and help build a fast-growing team
  • Work with open-source community and influence projects
  • Drive innovation while iteratively building and shipping software at scale
  • Diagnose technical problems and debug production environments

Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

Java
Python
Go
Kubernetes
MySQL
Kafka
MongoDB
Cassandra
  • BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience
  • 8+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
  • 8+ years experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C, C++, Python, Go, Java, and/or Functional languages like Scala
  • Hands on experience developing distributed systems, large-scale systems, databases and/or Backend APIs
  • Experience with MySQL, or distributed OLTP systems like MongoDB, Cassandra etc.
  • Experience with open-source project management and governance
  • Experience in architecting, building, and running large-scale systems

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