Software Engineering Manager, Reliability

LinkedIn • Mountain View, CA

67d • $152,000 - $248,000

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. This role will be based in Mountain View, CA. The GRID infrastructure, a comprehensive data processing and analytics ecosystem, manages LinkedIn's data lake and data pipelines, facilitating the movement and transformation of data from various sources. The team's charter encompasses batch data processing technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Azkaban, as well as interactive analytics through Trino.

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 distributed systems.

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 of industry experience in software design, development, and large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years programming experience in languages such as Java, C++, Python, or Go.
• Experience in architecting, building, and running large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with big data processing technologies such as Hadoop, HDFS, Spark, Kubernetes, Airflow, or Trino.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and manage core team of engineers.
• Participate with senior management in developing a long-term technology roadmap for the team and company.
• Have the ability to dive deep into technical discussions to challenge the status quo, and steer the team in the right direction/to push the envelope.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across engineering and business leadership.
• Help the team realize their potential by setting clear expectations, openly evaluating performance, upholding accountability, and providing challenges to stretch their skills.
• Drive a culture of operational excellence.
• Lead the team into defining performance goals, metrics and building the infrastructure and tooling necessary to maintain a high quality bar and detect issues in real time.
• Create an inclusive work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, innovation and learning, while holding a high bar for quality.

Benefits

• Generous health and wellness programs.
• Time away for employees of all levels.
• Fair and equitable compensation practices.
• Annual performance bonus.
• Stock options.
• Benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Administrative and Support Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees