Staff Software Engineer - Frontend

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.

Responsibilities:
· You will own the front-end development for one or more of our products and collaborate with visual/interaction designers, other engineers, and product managers to launch new products, iterate on existing features, and build a world-class user experience.
· You will implement cutting-edge technologies and will be writing state-of-the-art code to keep LinkedIn at the cutting edge of current technology.
· Your specific expertise will be required to make the site delightful, secure, performant and accessible to all our members.
· You will meet with colleagues including product managers, designers and other engineers assigned to your project(s).
· 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.

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 Python, Java, JavaScript, React, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, or Ruby.

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 writing clean JavaScript including experience with modern frameworks (Angular/Ember/React) and debugging tools (Chrome Dev Tools, etc. )
· Expert-level knowledge of Ember.
· Knowledge of (and a passion for) current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance, accessibility, security and usability.
· Prior experience building public API's with Java.
· Experience building large-scale consumer facing products.

Suggested Skills:
· Technical Leadership
· Mentoring and Knowledge Sharing
· Code Review and Quality Assurance
· Advanced Programming Skills
· Web Development

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 $152,000 - $248,000. 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: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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