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# Principal Staff Software Engineer, Trust

- **Company:** LinkedIn Corporation
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $209,000.0 - $343,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gfrtxp

## About the Role

+ 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

 + 7+ years of industry experience.

 + 5+ years in an architect or technical leadership position

 + Professional software engineering experience in adversarial abuse including account security, fake accounts, and/or scraping

Preferred Qualifications:

 + 12+ years of experience in software engineering

 + 7+ years in an architect or technical leadership position

 + MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical or quantitative discipline.

 + Prior expertise in anti-automation

 + Experience developing large scale systems

 + Experience leading cross-organization, cross-functional efforts and successfully delivering transformational technology for hard problems

Suggested Skills:

 + Software Engineering

 + Adversarial Abuse

 + Anti-Automation

 + Technical leadership

## Description

+ Lead a team to deliver state-of-the-art solutions for the most complex problems to keep members safe on the platform

 + Predict future abuse patterns and ensure the systems the organization prioritizes and builds today can fight the abuse we will see tomorrow

 + Drive technical design and architecture across the Trust organization

 + Align on product and technology strategy related to Trust issues across functions and organizations across LinkedIn, A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement

As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.


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