Distinguished Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure - Compute, Deployment, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Mountain View, CA, United States · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$253k-$416kDetected 1 day ago

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About the role

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 OR Bellevue, WA.

You will partner directly with senior engineering leaders to define long-term technical strategy across LinkedIn's core infrastructure, including compute, deployment, and Infrastructure as Code
Lead cross-team and cross-functional initiatives
You will head cross team/cross functional discussions and drive alignment on technology strategy.
You will contribute directly to initiatives through a combination of design and implementation activities.
You will actively improve the level of craftsmanship at LinkedIn by developing best practices and defining best strategies.
Drive alignment across organizations on multi-domain infrastructure architecture, balancing scalability, reliability, and cost
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
10+ years of relevant work experience in infrastructure engineering
Experience leading technical projects with multiple stakeholders

Deep expertise in at least one of the following domains, with working experience across others:
Compute Infrastructure, including Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code
Experience with messaging and streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, pub/sub architectures, event-driven systems)
Proven ability to operate across infrastructure domains, contributing to areas such as fleet management, control planes, and private cloud systems
Strong systems-level thinking, with the ability to move between domains (e.g., networking - storage - distributed systems)
Proven track record of leading cross-company, high-impact infrastructure initiatives from concept through production at scale
Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing technical direction across large organizations

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You will define the bar for quality and efficiency of software systems while balancing business impact, operational impact and cost benefits of design and architectural choices.

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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