Principal Staff Software Engineer, Development InfrastructureThis role will be based in Bellevue, WA.At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.The Development infrastructure (DI) organization has the mission of making everyone in LinkedIn R&D more productive and successful. The charter includes all the core infrastructure to Discover, Write, Build, Test and Deploy code.As a Principal Staff Software Engineer within DI, you will help envision the next generation, agent centric, large scale, development infrastructure at LinkedIn, providing a delightful experience for our R&D teams. As a key member of this team, you will get an opportunity to influence, transform, and create an amazing experience for engineers at LinkedIn. You will identify, develop, and lead strategic investments to make development iterations faster and make step function improvements in the lives of developers.
You will have the opportunity to engage the industry-wide developer community and contribute to open-source software as well. The successful candidate will be a strong thought leader in the developer productivity space.Responsibilities:Grow, develop, and mentor a team that provides engineering systems which enable all LinkedIn developers to build services for LinkedIn members and Enterprise customers productively, with consistently high quality, and with minimal friction.Work across Engineering to build relationships with other teams and use their feedback and understand their goals to build and prioritize a strategy and roadmap for your team, and for products that may span multiple teams.Own the design, development, testing, deployment and craft of your team's infrastructure and systems, with high reliability and scalability.Leverage your deep and broad technical expertise to mentor engineers and provide leadership on resolving complex technology issues.Build operational excellence roadmaps, drive adoption of best practices from design to delivery, and improve developer feature/code velocity.QualificationsBasic QualificationsBA/BS Degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience10+ years of programming experience in Java, C++, C# or similar programming languages7+ years of experience building large-scale distributed applications7+ years in a technical leadership role overseeing large, cross-functional teams.3+ years of experience building developer infrastructure and services, including development and code collaboration environments, CI/CD platforms, and measuring software development productivity and quality.Preferred QualificationsDream big. Make big, bold moves to define and build the next generation of developer infra and inspire others to do the sameExcellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to communicate technical strategy and roadmap in a clear, precise, and actionable mannerMasters degree or higher in Computer Science or related fieldDeep understanding of the Software development Life Cycle and related build and test systems.Shipped several large-scale projects with multiple dependencies across teamsEngagement in coaching and mentoring fellow engineers in their careersExperience attracting, retaining, and developing engineering and operations talent throughout the industrySuggested SkillsTechnical LeadershipExperience developing technical strategyDeveloper Tools & AutomationQuality & Testing InfrastructureYou will Benefit from our CultureWe strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.The pay range for this role is $226,000 to $369,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
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