Senior Software Engineer

LinkedIn helps professionals achieve more in their careers by connecting millions of people, discovering opportunities, and gaining insights.
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior Software Engineer

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their SFE (Security Features Engineering) team, focusing on building highly reliable and scalable services that protect member data. This role is crucial for LinkedIn's success as it involves creating developer-friendly infrastructure and enabling engineering teams to integrate secure features across the platform.

The position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of security and scalable systems engineering. You'll be responsible for designing and developing technology that serves both business and technical objectives, while ensuring the highest standards of data protection for LinkedIn's global member base.

As a senior technical leader, you'll play a vital role in making architectural decisions, mentoring other engineers, and fostering LinkedIn's culture of transformation and collaboration. The role combines hands-on development with technical leadership, requiring expertise in building scalable services using Python and/or GoLang.

The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in distributed systems, cloud computing, and infrastructure management. You'll work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build and maintain secure, scalable solutions that protect millions of professionals' data worldwide.

This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on LinkedIn's security infrastructure while working with cutting-edge technologies and a talented team of engineers. If you're passionate about building secure, scalable systems and want to contribute to protecting data for professionals globally, this role offers an exciting career opportunity at one of the world's leading professional networks.

Last updated 10 days ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer

  • Build scalable services and infrastructure, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality
  • Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration
  • Be a role model and professional coach for engineers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship
  • Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities and collaborate with cross functional teams
  • Work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer

Python
Go
  • BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or related practical experience
  • 5+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
  • 4+ years programming experience in Python, and/or GoLang
  • Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale & strong object oriented skills
  • Experience in cloud computing and infrastructure management

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer

Medical Insurance
Parental Leave
  • Hybrid work option
  • Health benefits
  • Parental leave

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