Software Engineering Manager, Systems Infrastructure
LinkedIn · Posted Oct 6
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About the role
LinkedIn's software engineering team builds the next-generation infrastructure and platforms for the company, spanning an application and service delivery platform, massively scalable data storage and replication systems, search, AI, experimentation, and privacy and compliance platforms. The team works on distributed technologies and algorithms, API design and systems design, and has pioneered open-source projects such as Apache Kafka, Pinot, Azkaban, Samza, Venice, Datahub and Feather while also using industry standards like Kubernetes, GRPC and GraphQL. This role, based in Bangalore as a hybrid position, leads a team of engineers and owns significant parts of LinkedIn products requiring design, architecture and coding, while contributing to long-term technology roadmap and scaling distributed applications.
What you will do
- Manage the performance and career development of a team of engineers, and own significant parts of LinkedIn products that require design, architecture, and coding.
- Participate with senior management in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
- Be a role model and professional coach for engineers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship.
- Work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.
- Manage teams to scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, review code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
- Develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
- Produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BS in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of relevant engineering work experience
- 1+ year(s) of management experience or 1+ year(s) of staff level engineering experience with management training.
- Hands on experience developing distributed systems, large-scale systems, databases and/or Backend APIs
Preferred qualifications
- 2+ years of management experience in building small to medium-sized teams, demonstrating growth and a track record of successful deliveries.
- Shipped several large-scale projects with dependencies across multiple teams.
- Built and delivered on successful cross-functional partnerships across multiple teams.
- Been actively involved in creation and execution of technical strategy and roadmap.
- Actively coached, mentored and grew team members in their careers.
- Track record in partnering with recruiting to hire and build incredible engineering teams.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, connecting over a billion users globally to create economic opportunity. Owned by Microsoft, the platform provides tools for job searching, professional networking, B2B marketing, sales intelligence, and online learning. Through its data graph, it bridges the gap between global talent and enterprise organizations.
- Industry
- Professional Network
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2003-05-05
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $103.5M raised
- 2003-11-01Seed$4.7M
- 2004-08-01Series A$10M
- 2007-01-15Series B$53M
- 2008-06-01Series C$22.7M
- 2014-05-15Post Ipo Debt$500M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office
President of Platforms and Digital Work
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer
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