Principal Staff Engineer - Video AI

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Engineer to join their Video AI team in New York. This role sits at the heart of LinkedIn's ambitious growth strategy, focusing on revolutionizing video content interaction through cutting-edge AI technologies.

The Video AI team is dedicated to enhancing video understanding, search, and personalization through state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. Key focus areas include video understanding models, content embeddings, feed personalization, multimodal search, and video safety.

As a Principal Staff Engineer, you will:

• Lead technical discussions across the Video stack
• Drive architectural decisions and implementation
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams
• Define quality and efficiency standards
• Partner with other AI team leads
• Mentor team members and build a culture of innovation
• Represent LinkedIn in industry forums

The ideal candidate should have:

• 7+ years of software development experience
• Strong background in Machine Learning and AI
• Experience with Python and large-scale AI systems
• PhD preferred in Computer Science or related field
• Proven leadership abilities and excellent communication skills

This role offers both hybrid and remote work options, allowing flexibility to work from home or the office. As a senior AI leader in NY, you'll help build out LinkedIn's AI talent presence while working on technologies that impact over 1 billion global users.