As a senior engineering leader at LinkedIn, you will play a critical role in shaping the company’s technology roadmap and driving impactful changes in product development. You will lead a large engineering team, ensuring high-performance and career development while contributing to the design, architecture, and coding of major LinkedIn products. This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader to have a significant impact on both the technical and organizational growth of LinkedIn’s engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the performance, career growth, and development of a large engineering team, including engineers and managers.
• Foster a culture of innovation, craftsmanship, and collaboration across teams.
• Own significant parts of LinkedIn’s products, driving the design and architecture of solutions that scale for the growing Indian market.
• Make architectural trade-offs, lead distributed application scaling efforts, and ensure the overall quality and speed of product delivery.
• Work closely with senior leadership to contribute to the development of a long-term technology roadmap.
• Coordinate across teams to support a shared technical stack and ensure product consistency.
• Oversee the creation of high-quality software, ensuring it is unit tested, reviewed, and integrated regularly.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams to align on technical goals, roadmaps, and deliverables that drive a significant impact on LinkedIn products.
• Serve as a role model and professional coach, encouraging engineers and managers to grow and improve their technical and leadership skills.
• Work with the recruiting team to hire top engineering talent and build strong, capable teams.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field.

Experience

• 12+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on technical management experience.

Technical Skills

• Expertise in software design and coding with proficiency in languages like Java and C++.
• Proven experience leading large-scale, production-grade systems.
• Strong track record of successful deliveries, scaling distributed systems, and making architectural decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in managing small to medium-sized engineering teams and demonstrating growth.
• A successful track record in coaching, mentoring, and developing team members in their careers.

Cross-Functional Partnerships

• Experience working with multiple teams across the organization and building strong cross-functional relationships.
• Actively contributed to the creation and execution of technical strategies and roadmaps, aligning engineering and product goals.
• Actively partnered with recruiting teams to hire exceptional engineers and build successful engineering teams.

Suggested Skills

1. Technical Leadership. Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and make architectural decisions that impact the overall system.
2. People Management. Strong management skills with the ability to mentor and grow engineers and managers.
3. Stakeholder Management. Ability to build relationships and collaborate with internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, product managers, and cross-functional teams.

Why LinkedIn? LinkedIn is committed to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment where employees are supported and empowered to do their best work. LinkedIn’s culture values well-being, offering generous health and wellness programs, as well as ample time off to promote a balanced lifestyle. Additionally, LinkedIn offers a diverse, inclusive, and growth-focused culture where everyone’s contributions are valued.

Additional Benefits

1. Hybrid Work Option. Flexibility to work remotely or commute to the office.
2. Health and Wellness Programs. Comprehensive programs that support the well-being of employees and their families.
3. Career Growth. Opportunities for continuous professional development and mentorship.

If you're a passionate engineering leader with experience in building and scaling distributed systems, mentoring teams, and shaping technical strategies, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact at LinkedIn. This role allows you to combine your leadership experience with technical expertise to drive innovation and create products that influence the global workforce.