Senior Software Engineer iOS (Flagship Infra UX)

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

Job Description:

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and every day millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to directly impact 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 opportunities 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.The Flagship UX infrastructure team cares about pixels. At the heart of everything we do is ensuring the user experience is consistent, performant, accessible, and delightful by utilizing the latest technology in UX. As a senior engineer, you will create libraries, frameworks, and shared code, which hundreds of product engineers will leverage every day to deliver LinkedIn's App to hundreds of millions of members. The Flagship UX infrastructure team was the driving force behind the recent LinkedIn redesign to bring more warmth and inclusiveness to our products and will lead future projects like dark mode and animations.If you have a passion for UX, an eye (and attention) for detail, want to make an impact across our entire product, are looking for an opportunity to grow, and don't take yourself too seriously, the Flagship UX infrastructure team is for you!Responsibilities: You will design and implement libraries, frameworks, and shared code that enables hundreds of developers to provide accessible, consistent, modern, and high-quality user experiences for LinkedIn's members. You will implement and support cross-team initiatives to leverage the latest UX developments for native iOS apps such as dark mode. You will make tradeoffs around design patterns, developer experience, and performance while factoring in the impact to our member experience. You will work closely with, and support dozens of teams, that are leveraging internal UX libraries, frameworks, and shared code. You will have the opportunity to present the work that you and your teammates do to hundreds of iOS engineers at the company and occasionally at industry conferences and meetups. You will follow industry developments and evaluate technologies from Apple, the open source world, and other LinkedIn teams to determine if and how we should incorporate them into the LinkedIn app.Basic Qualifications: BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or Ph.D.) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience. 2+ years of industry experience.Preferred Qualifications: BS and 5+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or Ph.D. and 2+ years of relevant work experience. 2+ years in iOS development. Extensive programming experience in Swift and/or Objective-C. Eye for visual details and enthusiastic about user experience areas such as accessibility. Deep foundation in computer science fundamentals around data structures, threading, and memory management. Experience troubleshooting issues around views, concurrency, memory allocation, performance, and Xcode Instruments. Knowledge of modern Apple frameworks such as SwiftUI and Combine. Able to write production-quality code following good testing practices to minimize disruption to product engineering teams. Knowledge around additional platforms such as Android, Web, Windows platform, and Java services. Strong object-oriented skills, including design, coding, and testing patterns.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 an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to . This email box is designed to assist disabled job seekers who seek a reasonable accommodation to the application process. Emails sent for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.In your email, please include the following: (1) confirm you have a disability; (2) identify the disability-related limitation that needs to be accommodated, and (3) if known, describe the specific accommodation requested for the disability-related limitation. A response to your request may take up to three business days.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 StatementAs a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: Data Privacy Notice for Job CandidatesThis document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: 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. 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 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 StatementAs a federal contractor, LinkedIn follows the Pay Transparency and non-discrimination provisions described at this link: Data Privacy Notice for Job CandidatesThis document provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants:

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