Sr Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to help members of all backgrounds and experiences achieve more in their careers. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Every day our members use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, build skills and gain insights. We believe amazing things happen when we work together in an environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging, and that what matters most in a candidate is having the skills needed to succeed. It inspires us to invest in our talent and support career growth. Join us to challenge yourself with work that matters.

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together. This is a full-time engineering role based in Sunnyvale, Mountain View or San Francisco.

At LinkedIn, our Foundational AI Technologies (FAIT) organization stands as the innovation epicenter, addressing the fundamental AI challenges and the force behind LinkedIn's next-generation AI-driven member experiences. Our mission spans across the entire marketplace, leveraging our expertise in data curation, algorithm development, and robust infrastructure to spearhead AI innovations. We are dedicated to creating a transformative impact on all LinkedIn products, establishing the platform as a leader in the AI realm.

As part of the FAIT team, you will be at the heart of member understanding that redefines the way LinkedIn understands and interacts with its entities across various marketplaces.

You will be leading a team to build a foundational data platform that combines and unifies all textualized member profile, activity and graph data across LinkedIn into a canonical format in a privacy and policy compliant manner with capabilities of massive scale data preparation, nearline and offline serving, quality control and data selection. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality, privacy aware data for next generation machine learning training and evaluation.

As a Senior Staff Engineer in the Foundational AI Technologies team, you will act as the primary domain expert, and you will research, develop, build and ship cutting edge AI technologies. You are expected to provide technical leadership, and drive architectural decisions and implementation across the engineering organization.

This individual will be a core member of LinkedIn’s Foundational AI Technologies team and will partner closely with other verticals in Data and AI, and Infrastructure teams. This is a rare opportunity to lead initiatives at the cutting-edge of Data and AI, which benefits every product and team at Linkedin and over 1 Billion members of the global workforce.

ResponsibilitiesDevelop and implement a data platform for foundational LLM training and evaluation, leading a team to create massive scale high quality member data sets with nearline serving capabilities. You will act as the primary domain expert to influence technology choicesYou will research and develop cutting edge AI technologiesYou will build and ship scalable software for AI tasksYou will drive architectural decisions and implementation across the engineering organizationYou will provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams and drive alignment on technology strategyYou will establish a culture that values diverse viewpoints while navigating complex decisionsYou will partner effectively with leads (ICs and managers) from other AI teamsYou will define the bar for quality and efficiency of software systems while balancing business impact, operational impact and cost benefits of design and architectural choicesLead by example to build a culture of craftsmanship and innovationBe an industry thought leader. Represent LinkedIn in relevant industry forums

Basic QualificationsBA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions5+ years experience programming languages such as Java, C/C++, Python, etc.2+ years in an architect or technical leadership position

Preferred QualificationsPhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics or related fields8+ years of experience in AI/Data Science and Large Language ModelsStrong academic credentials with publications in top-tier journals and conferencesBackground in one or more of the following areas: deep learning, information retrieval, knowledge graph, natural language processing, optimizationExperience in building large scale AI models and systemsExperience in large language models and deep neural network solutionsDemonstrated ability to work with peers in engineering across teams to set technical directionsExcellent communication and presentation skills

Suggested Skills

Deep learningMachine learningLarge language modelsData ScienceInformation Retrieval

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.The pay range for this role is $180,000 to $300,000. 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.The 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

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Equal Opportunity Statement LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is 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. LinkedIn is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/LinkedInGCI/EeE8sk7CTIdFmEp9ONzFOTEBM62TPrWLMHs4J1C_QxVTbg?e=5hfhpE. Please reference https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.

LinkedIn 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.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Reasonable 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:

-Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you -Having interviews in an accessible location -Being accompanied by a service dog -Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

A request for an accommodation will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement As a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency.

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates This document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice