Principal Staff Engineer - Video AI

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Engineer to lead their Video AI initiatives in New York. This role sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and video technology, working with LinkedIn's Video Engineering team to revolutionize how users interact with video content on the platform.

The Video AI team is central to LinkedIn's growth strategy, focusing on developing cutting-edge AI technologies for video understanding, search, and personalization. The team works on various challenging areas including real-time video analytics, intelligent content recommendation systems, and video safety features. Their work directly impacts LinkedIn's 1 billion+ global users.

Key focus areas include:

• Video Understanding: Developing state-of-the-art content understanding models and embeddings
• Video Feed Personalization: Creating systems to identify and distribute engaging content
• Video Search: Solving complex multimodal search challenges
• Video Safety: Building systems to maintain a safe and open community

As Principal Staff Engineer, you'll be the primary domain expert and Tech Lead for Video, with emphasis on the AI stack while overseeing the entire Video serving stack. You'll drive architectural decisions, provide technical leadership across the engineering organization, and help build LinkedIn's AI talent presence in New York.

The role offers competitive compensation ($218,000 - $357,000) and the flexibility of hybrid work arrangements. You'll have the opportunity to shape the future of video technology at LinkedIn while working with state-of-the-art AI systems and leading a team of talented engineers.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of industry experience, strong technical leadership background, and expertise in machine learning and AI systems. You'll need excellent communication skills to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment on technical strategy while fostering a culture of innovation and diverse viewpoints.

Join LinkedIn to be at the forefront of AI and video technology innovation, working on systems that impact millions of professionals worldwide while helping build and mentor world-class engineering teams.