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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