Senior Software Engineer - Applications (API Platform)

Company: LinkedIn
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and everyday millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world's workforce in ways no other company can. We are much more than a digital resume we transform lives through innovative products and technology. Creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce is a responsibility we all share. To truly transform the global economy, we must evolve the way we hire and enable our talent to serve people of all backgrounds and experiences. LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. K2 is building LinkedIn's first PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering on Azure, that allows enterprise customers exploratory access to LinkedIn's economic graph data to derive predictive insights and drive their various business use-cases. Do you love APIs? Does the idea of building large scale highly available systems excite you? Come join the API Platform team in K2 that enables professional applications at scale to integrate with LinkedIn. Whether an external developer wants to access LinkedIn's Economic Graph, Marketing Developer Program, LinkedIn Learning, Sign-In with LinkedIn and others listed at , they integrate with APIs made possible by this team. We own Authentication, Authorization, API Gateways, Compliance and similar critical components for LinkedIn's third-party integrations serving over 1 billion requests per week. You will work and learn among the best, write code that needs to perform at an extreme scale and gain valuable experience designing cutting-edge developer platform components. Now's a great time to join us as we re-architect large parts of our system to accelerate partner integrations many-fold by leveraging Azure's enterprise-grade cloud computing platform and worldwide customers. Responsibilities: You will design and implement new capabilities like Versioning, Auditing and Metering for our Rest.li and GraphQL APIs. You will extend and improve our OAuth and Permissioning systems that support the integration of third-party applications with LinkedIn, including Microsoft. You will work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with multiple teams at LinkedIn to strengthen our Enterprise API platform. You will contribute to LinkedIn's mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them productive and successful. Basic Qualifications: BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience. 2+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions. 2+ years experience programming experience in Java, Javascript, C/C++, C# or Python Preferred Qualifications: BS and 5+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 2+ years of relevant work experience. Experience designing and working on developer platforms. Experience in building and scaling enterprise grade systems. Analytical approach coupled with solid communication skills and a sense of ownership. 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. Equal Opportunity StatementLinkedIn 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: Please reference and 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. 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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. 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