Sr. Software Engineer - Studio Engineering

LinkedIn•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Content Technology Engineering - Studio Engineering team builds high-quality applications, automation services, and integrations to power the productivity of Enterprise Creators at LinkedIn. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the design of content creation systems and integrating with industry leading technologies that empower LinkedIn to create world-class content at scale. You will directly impact our Content Development products, including Editorial and News where you will act as the line of business lead, as well as the LinkedIn Learning product. 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.

Requirements

BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience.
2+ years of industry experience.

Nice To Haves

BS and 5+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 2+ years of relevant work experience.
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

You are expected to be the primary engineering contact for the Editorial team, learning their workflows and recommending optimizations in partnership with Engineering and Product management.
You will evaluate and integrate cutting-edge AI Content Creation services into LinkedIn’s enterprise ecosystem, focusing on delivering improvements to time-to-market and lowering our overall cost to create content.
You are expected to produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
You will design, develop, and integrate cutting-edge media technologies.
Act as primary management interface and escalation for all product system related issues.
You are expected to provide mentorship and invest in organizational activities such as hiring committees.
You will participate in a 12x7 oncall rotation with other members of the US-based team.

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 $125,000 - $206,000.
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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