Senior Software Engineer - Applications

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
Responsibilities:
· You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
· You will develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
· You will produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
· You will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs. Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity.
Basic Qualifications:
· BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
· 2+ years of industry experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
· BS and 5+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
· Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale.
· Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
· Proven coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and/or knowledge of TCP/IP and network programming.
· Experience building web applications and services with IDEs, ant, junit, etc.
· Experience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction management.
Suggested Skills:
· API Development
· Advanced Programming Skills
· Database Management
· Performance Optimization and Scalability
· Collaboration
You will Benefit from our Culture:
We 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 $121,000 - $198,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: