Senior Software Engineer - Systems and Infrastructure

LinkedIn is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Systems and Infrastructure team, working on next-generation platforms that power LinkedIn's global professional network. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge distributed systems and infrastructure at massive scale.

As part of our world-class engineering team, you'll be responsible for building and maintaining critical infrastructure components including application delivery platforms, compute platforms, scalable data storage systems, search platforms, AI infrastructure, experimentation systems, and privacy/compliance frameworks. You'll work with modern technologies and contribute to LinkedIn's impressive portfolio of open-source projects like Apache Kafka, Pinot, Samza, and others.

The ideal candidate brings strong experience in distributed systems development, with expertise in languages like Java, Python, Go or Rust. You'll collaborate with talented engineers, participate in architecture discussions and code reviews, and have opportunities to mentor others while working on challenging technical problems.

This hybrid role offers flexibility to work both remotely and from LinkedIn offices in Mountain View, San Francisco or Seattle. You'll be part of an engineering culture built on trust, inclusion and continuous learning. The compensation includes competitive base pay, annual bonus potential, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Key responsibilities include designing large-scale distributed systems, optimizing performance and reliability, participating in technical design discussions, mentoring other engineers, and engaging with the open source community. The role requires 2+ years of relevant experience and offers excellent growth opportunities working on infrastructure that serves hundreds of millions of users.

If you're passionate about distributed systems, care about code quality and scalability, and want to work on technology that creates economic opportunity at global scale, this is an excellent opportunity to join LinkedIn's infrastructure engineering team.