Staff Software Engineer Network (SONiC)

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 hybrid in LinkedIns Mountain View campus.

Team Description:

Our team is responsible for designing implementing and operating network software for data centers inter-DC backbone and host networking stack that powers the LinkedIn economic graph. Our offering includes network operating system (SONiC) traffic engineering intent-based configuration management telemetry and various systems helping with network packet forwarding and translation monitoring and operations.

As a Staff Software Engineer you will be a key technical leader and role model within the team. We are looking for someone who designs and develops technology to serve business and technology objectives understands state-of-the-art networking research aligns points of view across teams and makes smart trade-offs. On top of the leadership skills a successful Staff Software Engineer must exhibit strong technical skills both in software engineering and networking areas.

Responsibilities:

• You will provide technical leadership and drive the full lifecycle of network software development at LinkedIndesigning developing testing operating and continuously improving it to ensure scalability high performance and 24x7 reliability.

• You will produce high-quality software that is unit-tested code-reviewed and regularly checked in for continuous integration.

• You will collaborate closely with the network engineering and application teams to define the future direction of LinkedIns networking systems leveraging state-of-the-art research in modern networking technologies and making informed trade-offs.

• You will elevate the level of craftsmanship by developing best practices and mentoring other engineers.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or related practical experience.

• 4 years experience in software design development and algorithm related solutions.

• 4 years programming experience in object-oriented programming languages such as Golang Python Java C Rust.

• Experience with network protocols such as TCP/IP BGP MPLS RDMA network overlay technologies and network-based Quality of Service (QoS).

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS and 8 years of relevant work experience MS and 7 years of relevant work experience or PhD and 4 years of relevant work experience.

• Experience in architecting building and operating large-scale distributed systems running in a 24x7 production environment.

• Experience or knowledge in networking programming such as Software Defined Networking (SDN) intent-based configuration management RDMA/RoCEv2 Segment Routing and network congestion control algorithms.

• Experience or knowledge in SONiC Network Operating System Kubernetes & CNI host networking / TCP tuning.

• Experience or knowledge in network management configuration generation and provisioning systems and tools. Ansible REST/gRPC NETCONF Jenkins Puppet YANG OpenConfig etc.

Suggested Skills:

Technical Leadership

Architectural Mastery

Code Review and Quality Assurance

Advanced Security Practices

Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing

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.

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $170000 to $277000. 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: Information :

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Employment Type :

Full-time