Distinguished Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure - Core Infra

About the role

Join us to transform the way the world works. This role will be based in Mountain View, CA OR Bellevue, WA.

Responsibilities

• You will partner directly with senior engineering leaders to define long-term technical strategy across LinkedIn’s core infrastructure, including networking (edge & traffic), storage, and messaging systems
• Lead cross-team and cross-functional initiatives spanning distributed systems, traffic engineering, storage platforms, and event-driven architectures
• 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
• 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
• Influence and mentor engineers across the organization, raising the bar for systems thinking and technical depth
• Drive alignment across organizations on multi-domain infrastructure architecture, balancing scalability, reliability, and cost
• Help evolve LinkedIn’s private cloud and fleet infrastructure strategy, enabling efficient operation at massive scale
• Foster a culture that values diverse perspectives while navigating complex, ambiguous technical decisions

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: 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
• Preferred Qualifications: PhD in a relevant field or related discipline (machine learning, statistics, computer science etc.), or equivalent research experience; 15+ years experience in building infrastructure at scale, with at least 5 of those years in a technical leadership position; Experience building large scale infrastructure and distributed systems; Deep expertise in at least one of the following domains, with working knowledge across others: - Networking / Traffic Engineering (edge infrastructure, proxies, load balancing, CDNs); - Distributed Storage Systems (object storage, block storage, large-scale data systems); - 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; - Experience designing and evolving high-scale, on-premise or hybrid cloud infrastructure; - 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; - Experience leading high-impact, cross-company initiatives

Suggested Skills

• Infrastructure
• Distributed Systems
• Networking / Traffic Engineering
• Storage Systems
• Technical Leadership