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Lead the team into defining performance goals, metrics and building the infrastructure and tooling necessary to maintain a high quality bar and detect issues in real time.\n\nCreate an inclusive work environment that fosters autonomy, transparency, innovation and learning, while holding a high bar for quality.\n\nYou will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute critical, large-scale, cross-functional, and company-wide programs.\n\n Basic Qualifications\nBS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent related experience\n\n1+ year(s) of management experience or 1+ year(s) of staff level engineering experience with management training\n\n5+ years industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.\n\n3+ years experience in large-scale system design and software development\n\nExperience programming in object-oriented and/or functional programming languages (like Rust/Python/C++/Scala)\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nMS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline\n\n2+ years of hands-on software engineering/technical management and people management experience\n\n7+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithms related solutions.\n\n5+ years programming experience in languages such as Rust, Java, C++, Python, Go, Scala\n\n5+ years in technical leadership, and contributions to industry, open-source projects or academic research in large-data, parallel or distributed systems.\n\nExperience with public-cloud object storage, multi-tenant infrastructure, databases, remote disk or other large-scale distributed storage systems; familiarity with S3-compatible APIs and customer migrations.\n\nSuccessful track record of managing teams of engineers to deliver multiple projects on time and with quality\n\nActive involvement in the creation and execution of technical strategies and roadmaps\n\nSuggested Skills\nDistributed systems\n\nStorage\n\nTechnical Leadership\n\nYou will Benefit from our Culture\nWe 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.\nThe pay range for this role is $175,000 - $287,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.\nThe total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.\nEqual Opportunity Statement\nWe seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.\nLinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.\nIf you need a Reasonable Accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us and describe the specific Accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.\nFill out an Accommodation request here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/b660a0327d044969abfd7a4e73d15c36\nReasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to:\nDocuments in alternate formats or read aloud to you\nHaving interviews in an accessible location\nBeing accompanied by a service dog\nHaving a sign language interpreter present for the interview\nA request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. 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