Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
Distributed Systems
Staff Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS

Description For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Systems Infrastructure team in Bangalore. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on next-generation infrastructure and platforms that power LinkedIn's services at massive scale. You'll be part of the team behind pioneering open-source projects like Apache Kafka, Pinot, and others.

The position involves designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems, including application delivery platforms, data storage systems, search platforms, AI infrastructure, and experimentation frameworks. You'll work alongside industry experts, applying your expertise in distributed technologies, API design, and systems architecture to build solutions that operate at extraordinary scale.

As a Staff Engineer, you'll drive technical strategy across teams, mentor other engineers, and contribute to LinkedIn's engineering culture. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining remote work flexibility with office collaboration. You'll have the opportunity to influence open-source projects and share knowledge with the broader technology community.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of experience in software development, strong expertise in languages like Java, Python, or Scala, and a proven track record with distributed systems. You'll be working in an environment that values trust, inclusion, and innovation, while helping transform how the world works through LinkedIn's platform.

This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on systems used by millions globally, while working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to the open-source community. Join LinkedIn to help build the infrastructure that powers the world's largest professional network.

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Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

  • Own the technical strategy for broad or complex requirements with insightful approaches
  • Design, implement, and optimize large-scale distributed systems
  • Improve system observability and developer productivity
  • Communicate effectively with team, partners and stakeholders
  • Mentor other engineers and help build the team
  • Work with open-source community and influence projects
  • Deliver incremental impact through innovation
  • Diagnose technical problems and debug production environments

Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

Java
Python
Go
Scala
Kubernetes
  • BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience
  • 8+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm solutions
  • 8+ years experience programming in object-oriented languages like Java, Python, Go and/or functional languages like Scala
  • Hands on experience developing distributed systems, large-scale systems, databases and/or Backend APIs
  • Experience with Hadoop Ecosystem (preferred)
  • Experience with open-source project management (preferred)
  • Experience in architecting and running large-scale systems (preferred)

Benefits For Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

Parental Leave
Medical Insurance
  • Hybrid work arrangement
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies

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