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.ResponsibilitiesYou will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and qualityYou will develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7You will produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integrationYou will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programsIdentify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivitySkillsBA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience1+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutionsExperience programming in languages such as Python, Java, Javascript, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Ruby, etcExperience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scaleExpert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software designProven coding skills in Python or JavaScript/AJAX, database design and SQL, and/or knowledge of TCP/IP and network programmingExperience building web applications and services with IDEs, ant, junit, etcExperience with relational databases (transactional and non-transactional), database architecture, and distributed transaction managementBenefitsGenerous health and wellness programsAnnual performance bonusStockBenefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plansCompany OverviewLinkedIn is a professional networking site that allows users to create business connections, search for jobs, and find potential clients. It is a sub-organization of Microsoft. It was founded in 2003, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.linkedin.com.Company H1B SponsorshipLinkedIn has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 892 in 2025, 1108 in 2024, 913 in 2023, 1580 in 2022, 1043 in 2021, 1146 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.



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