Senior AI Engineering Manager, Video AI

Location:

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role will be based in either Sunnyvale CA or New York NY. 

Team Overview: 

The Video AI team sits at the heart of our LinkedIns ambitious growth strategy. Our team is a dynamic group of machine learning experts dedicated to revolutionizing the way we interact with video content. This team is at the forefront of developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies that enhance video understanding search and personalization. By leveraging state-of-the-art AI techniques the Video AI team is poised to open up new ways of engaging with videos on LinkedIn.

Our work encompasses a range of applications from real-time video analytics to intelligent content recommendation systems positioning our company as a leader in the rapidly evolving landscape of video technology. As LinkedIn continues to revolutionize our market presence the Video AI teams expertise will be instrumental in shaping our product offerings and achieving our strategic goals ensuring we stay ahead of the competition and deliver unparalleled value to our 1 billion global users.

Below are a few examples of the problem spaces we work in (and much more!):

• Video Understanding: Building state of the art content understanding models and content embeddings to power all video use cases.

• Video Feed Personalization: Identifying the most engaging content and distributing to users.

• Video Search: Tackling the multimodal search problem delivering videos that provide the highest user value.

• Video Safety: Safeguarding users from malicious actors and content building an open and safe community for all.

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Engineering Manager you will lead a team of 15-25 engineers technical leads and managers. You will drive technical strategy execution professional growth and collaboration across the team. 

• Build and grow talent: Attract mentor and develop a diverse and high-performing team of applied scientists and engineers. Foster an inclusive culture where people feel empowered to share ideas take intelligent risks and grow into technical leaders.

• Define clear direction: Translate product and business needs into a focused technical roadmap. Connect daily team work to LinkedIns broader mission and long-term strategic priorities.

• Ensure scalability and efficiency: Partner with infra and platform teams to optimize retrieval and serving efficiency including embedding optimization adaptive caching and parameter-efficient fine-tuning.

• Promote alignment and collaboration: Work across teams to identify shared opportunities align on long-term goals and drive consistent progress. Proactively address misalignments with clarity and empathy.

• Foster innovation and inclusion: Create an environment that values curiosity diverse perspectives and open dialogue. Encourage the team to challenge assumptions experiment responsibly and continuously raise the technical bar.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• 3 years of management experience leading team(s) of direct reports.

• 7 years of relevant professional experience in AI/ML Engineering and/or leadership of AI/ML Engineering teams. 

• Bachelors in Computer Science or other technical discipline or related practical technical experience

Preferred Qualifications
 

• 4 years of prior experience leading AI engineering teams with leadership of 15 total reports.

• 10 years of relevant professional experience in AI Machine Learning or a related field. 

• PhD or Masters in Computer Science Machine Learning Statistics or related fields

• Strong technical background in LLMs retrieval architectures and relevance optimization.

• Familiarity with semantic search vector databases or efficient model adaptation.

• Proven ability to connect technical strategy to business goals and communicate across disciplines.

Suggested Skills:

• People Leadership 

• AI Engineering 

• Machine Learning 

• Technical Strategy 

Additional Information :

You will Benefit from our Culture:

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.

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Compensation:

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $198000 - $326000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set years & depth of experience certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information visit: Opportunity Statement 

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Employment Type :

Full-time