Principal Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

LinkedIn · Mountain View · Remote-friendly

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Company
LinkedIn
Location
Mountain View
Employment type
Full-time
Salary
$226,000 to $369,000
Posted
August 18, 2026

About this job

We are seeking a Principal Staff Software Engineer to join our organization. The team builds and evolves the foundational platforms that keep LinkedIn’s services reliable, scalable, secure, and high-performing at global scale. As a Principal Staff Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical leader and architect responsible for defining and driving next-generation infrastructure that powers AI-first unified developer platforms — enabling engineers and AI agents to collaboratively build, deploy, and operate software with confidence. Responsibilities: Architect large-scale infrastructure systems for end-to-end software lifecycle platforms Design unified CI/CD and deployment platforms spanning build, test, deploy, and runtime operations Build observability, monitoring, and cost visibility…

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