Sr. Manager, Software Engineering | LinkedIn Business Platform

LinkedIn • Mountain View, CA

8h • $181,000 - $297,000 • 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. The LinkedIn Business Platform (LBP) organization at LinkedIn is looking for a Sr. Manager, Software Engineering that will work and learn among the best, utilizing your experience in distributed technologies and algorithms, great API and systems-design sensibilities, and passion for writing code that performs at an extreme scale. You will lead Field Commercial Models enabling LinkedIn to process north of $15 billion in annual revenue. You will be responsible for innovating how we sell the next generation of agentic enterprise products, with insights on utilization and renewals. You will also scale the Quoting engine for LinkedIn’s Online Subscription and Field businesses.

Requirements

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years of hands-on technical management experience
• 7+ years industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 5+ years experience in large-scale system design and software development
• Experience programming in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages (like Java/Python/C/C++/Scala/etc.)

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering/technical management and people management experience
• 8+ years industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 7+ years programming experience in languages such as Java, C/C++, C#, Python, Go, etc.
• Hands-on experience leading 30+ member teams in a product development organization, including managers.
• Strong experience influencing stakeholders, and delivering impact in a matrix environment, through measurable metrics.
• 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 products that require design, architecture, and coding.
• You will participate with product and senior management in developing a long-term technology roadmap.
• You will evaluate and prioritize factors to make a weighted decision, arriving at a solution that tackles ambiguity in complex problems and present subjective opinions.
• You will lead cross-functional collaboration to create clarity of business goals and rally focus on members' needs leading to better products
• You will manage vendor relationships by evaluating right partnership and requirements, drive them towards well-reasoned solutions and ensure best practices for smooth integrations.
• You will be a role model and professional coach for engineers and managers with a strong bias for action and focus on craftsmanship, while inspiring the team to develop a solution-oriented mindset.
• You will work with peers across teams to support and leverage a shared technical stack.
• You will manage teams to scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, review 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.

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 $181,000 to $297,000.
• Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
• The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
• For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits
• LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities.
• Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager