Software Engineer - Personalization Platform (Frontend)

LinkedIn•Mountain View, CA

5d•$124,000 - $167,000•Hybrid

About The Position

You will be part of the team responsible for building and evolving LinkedIn’s personalization platform – the foundational infrastructure that enables every product team across LinkedIn to deliver personalized, intelligent, and context-aware experiences to over a billion members and enterprise customers. The personalization platform team makes every interaction on LinkedIn more relevant, valuable, and effective – enabling members to discover the right opportunities, connect with the most meaningful people and content, and help enterprise customers find and engage the right talent, leads, or learners. By empowering these experiences, we help members become more productive and successful while enabling organizations to achieve their business goals more efficiently. The systems the team builds empowers LinkedIn’s product teams to rapidly experiment, learn, and deliver differentiated experiences that drive member satisfaction, engagement, and enterprise productivity.

Requirements

BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
1+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
Experience programming in languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, React, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Ruby, etc.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write 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.
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.