Manager, Software Engineering - Developer Productivity

LinkedIn•Mountain View, CA

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. Team Description The Automation Platform and Apps team builds the foundational intelligence and tooling layer that powers coding agents across LinkedIn’s Software Development Lifecycle. We provide the structured context, APIs, guardrails, and execution frameworks that allow agents to understand codebases, reason about system intent, and safely take action within engineering workflows. By unifying code intelligence, dependency graphs, build and test signals, documentation, and policy constraints, we enable agents to operate with high fidelity, reliability, and governance. Our mission is to transform coding agents from isolated assistants into deeply integrated, context-aware collaborators that accelerate development while maintaining quality, security, and compliance at scale.

Requirements

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
1+ year(s) of management experience or 1+ year(s) of staff level engineering experience with management training
5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and large-scale software engineering
Experience programming in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages (like Java/Python/C/C++/Scala/etc.)

Nice To Haves

MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline
2+ years of hands-on software engineering/technical management and people management experience
7+ years industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
5+ years programming experience in languages such as Java, C/C++, C#, Python, Go, etc.
Knowledge and experience in SDLC and experience developing tools enhancing developer productivity
Strong bias for action using agentic software development tools
Experience in the design and development of performant, highly available, scalable web applications
Understanding of common performance patterns and anti-patterns in distributed systems
Successful track record of managing small teams of engineers to deliver multiple projects on time and with quality
Active involvement in the creation and execution of technical strategies and roadmaps
Hire and retain world-class engineers by providing career growth, mentoring, and high impact projects, while taking intelligent risks to improve the way work is done

Responsibilities

You will manage the performance and career development of a small team of engineers, and own significant parts of LinkedIn Developer productivity products that require design, architecture, and coding.
You will participate with senior management in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
You will be a role model and professional coach for engineers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship.
You will work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.
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.

Benefits

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 $152,000 - $248,000.
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: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
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