Software Engineer - Applications
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. The role involves scaling distributed applications, making architectural trade-offs, and producing high-quality software while providing technical leadership and improving engineering productivity.
Responsibilities
- You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write 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
- You will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs
- Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity
Skills
- BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 1+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions
- Experience programming in languages such as Python, Java, Javascript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Ruby, etc
- 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
Benefits
- Generous health and wellness programs
- Annual performance bonus
- Stock
- Benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans
Company Overview
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