Senior Software Engineer - Applications

Experteer Overview In this role you help scale and harden LinkedIn’s distributed applications, delivering high-quality software through strong design and collaboration. You’ll lead critical, cross-functional programs and drive architectural decisions that enable large-scale, reliable services. You’ll also leverage AI tools to boost development efficiency while mentoring teammates and shaping engineering practices. This is a hybrid role that blends hands-on coding with technical leadership to advance the platform for millions of professionals. Compensation / Benefits * Scale distributed applications with thoughtful architectural trade-offs using synchronous and asynchronous patterns * Develop multi-tier, high-volume, 24x7 user-centric services * Write unit-tested, CI-ready code with rigorous reviews * Provide technical leadership to plan and execute large-scale, cross-functional programs * Lead execution of complex features, breaking down ambiguous requirements into milestones * Design scalable, maintainable component architectures and data models * Raise code quality through design docs, code reviews, and debt reduction * Leverage AI tools across the SDLC to boost design, coding, and review productivity * Collaborate with product managers and dependent teams to negotiate trade-offs and ensure on-time delivery * Balance tactical execution with long-term technical debt management and roadmapping Tasks * BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent technical experience * 2+ years of industry experience * Strong coding skills in Python or JavaScript, SQL, and database design * Experience designing/infrastructure and web services at large scale * Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design * Experience with relational databases and distributed transaction management * Mentoring experience and ability to lead small to mid-sized project teams * Deep expertise in system design, data modeling, and concurrency/performance at scale * Experience transforming ambiguous opportunities into autonomous systems with long-horizon reasoning Key requirements * health and wellness programs * time away for employees * fair and equitable compensation practices * annual performance bonus * stock * benefits and incentive plans

_ scalable, maintainable component architectures and data models * Raise code quality through design docs, code reviews, and debt reduction * Leverage AI tools across the SDLC to boost design, coding, and review productivity * Collaborate with product managers and dependent teams to negotiate trade-offs and ensure on-time delivery * Balance tactical execution with long-term technical debt management and roadmapping Tasks * BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent technical experience * 2+ years of industry experience * Strong coding skills in Python or JavaScript, SQL, and database design * Experience designing/infrastructure and web services at large scale * Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design * Experience with relational databases and distributed transaction management * Mentoring experience and ability to lead small to mid-sized project teams * Deep expertise in system design, data modeling, and concurrency/performance at scale * Experience aaa component ambiguous opportunities into autonomous systems with long-horizon reasoning Key requirements * health and wellness programs * time away for employees * fair and equitable compensation practices * annual performance bonus * stock * benefits and incentive plans