Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn3

Department: EngineeringSeniority in posting: senior

Compensation

$129,000 – $212,000/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Mountain View, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 21, 2026

Description

LinkedIn is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to scale distributed applications, develop reliable user-centric services, design component-level architectures and data models, and lead technical execution of complex features and initiatives. The role requires a computer science or related technical degree, at least two years of industry experience, and strong software design, coding, database, and scalability skills. It is a hybrid position with a pay range of $129,000 to $212,000, plus potential bonus, stock, and other compensation.

Required Skills

Distributed systems
Python
JavaScript/AJAX
Database design
TCP/IP
System design
Performance tuning

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding, or equivalent technical experience
Required Previous Experiences: At least 2 years of industry experience
Preferred Qualifications: BS with 5+ years, MS with 4+ years, or PhD with 2+ years of relevant work experience
Experience designing and building large-scale infrastructure and web services
Expert knowledge of computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software design
Coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and TCP/IP or network programming
Experience building web applications and services with IDEs, ant, and JUnit
Experience with relational databases, database architecture, and distributed transaction management
Experience mentoring junior engineers and leading small to mid-sized project teams
Expertise in system design, data modeling, concurrency patterns, and performance tuning at scale
Experience transforming business opportunities into autonomous agentic systems