Principal Staff Software Engineer - Validation & Resilience Engineering

LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Software Engineer to join their Validation Engineering team, focusing on building and maintaining high-quality products and services that ensure LinkedIn's reliability at scale. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, requiring expertise in distributed systems and validation infrastructure.

The position involves working with teams across LinkedIn's engineering organization to maintain high change velocity while ensuring system reliability. You'll be responsible for driving technical direction and development of cutting-edge validation and resilience infrastructure, while also shaping organizational strategy as LinkedIn's business and technology landscapes evolve.

Key responsibilities include developing comprehensive validation strategies, working with various engineering teams to prevent change-based impacts, and driving platform strategies that benefit all of LinkedIn engineering. You'll bring fresh perspectives to current methodologies, advocate for rethinking approaches, and work with industry peers to build platforms that combine high change velocity with strong resilience.

The role requires deep technical expertise in distributed systems, with at least 7 years of industry experience in software design and development. You'll need strong programming skills in languages like Java, Python, Go, Rust, or Scala, plus experience as a technical leader. Understanding of operating system fundamentals, container technologies, and large-scale distributed systems is essential.

This hybrid position offers competitive compensation ($218,000 - $357,000) plus comprehensive benefits including health coverage, 401k, and parental leave. You'll be based in Mountain View, CA, working in a culture built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun. Join LinkedIn to help transform the way the world works while advancing your career in technical leadership.