Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
United States
USD 175k-288k / year + Equity
Posted on Jul 9, 2025
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.
The Security Infrastructure team at LinkedIn is responsible for building foundational systems that power authentication, authorization, and platform-level security primitives across the company. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to drive the next phase of our charter—designing and building scalable infrastructure that delivers key foundational security functionality including Continuous Compliance and Provenance & Integrity across LinkedIn’s ecosystem.
This is a high-impact technical leadership role at the intersection of security, infrastructure, and platform engineering. The work you drive here will meaningfully shape the next generation of secure development and operations at LinkedIn. Trust is a key building block in LinkedIn’s commitment to putting our members first, and you will be an important part of that commitment.
Responsibilities:
● You will provide technical leadership, and deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale.
● You will provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization.
● You will drive alignment across engineering, security, compliance, and platform teams—evangelizing architectural direction and ensuring long-term adoption.
● You will lead the design and development of scalable, resilient systems that elevate the security posture across LinkedIn’s cloud and runtime environments.
● You will uncover emerging risks and infrastructure gaps; develop innovative technical approaches that advance the team’s security and compliance objectives.
● You will embed security into developer workflows and infrastructure patterns in a way that enables velocity without compromising posture.
● You will operate across organizational boundaries to execute on complex initiatives, partnering with senior engineers, TPMs, and leadership to deliver impact.
● You will work closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects (e.g., SPIRE, cert-manager).
● You will mentor other engineers and will help build a fast-growing team.
Basic Qualifications:
● BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
● 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
● 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C/C++, Java, Golang, Rust, Python, Scala.
● 2+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position.
Preferred Qualifications:
● MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
● 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership position.
● 5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures.
● 10+ years of programming experience in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++.
● Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations.
● Experience leading a large organization.
● Prior experience with Security, Compliance Infra and/or Cryptography strongly preferred.
● Experience with industry, open source, and/or academic research in key areas such as Continuous Compliance & Policy Engines, System Integrity & Provenance including technologies like Kubernetes, OPA (Open Policy Agent), GraphQL, Apache Kafka etc.
● Experience with open-source project management and governance.
Suggested Skills:
- Distributed systems
- Security Architecture & Infrastructure
- Technical Leadership
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.
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $175,000 - $288,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We 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.
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
Join us to transform the way the world works.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.
The Security Infrastructure team at LinkedIn is responsible for building foundational systems that power authentication, authorization, and platform-level security primitives across the company. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Software Engineer to drive the next phase of our charter—designing and building scalable infrastructure that delivers key foundational security functionality including Continuous Compliance and Provenance & Integrity across LinkedIn’s ecosystem.
This is a high-impact technical leadership role at the intersection of security, infrastructure, and platform engineering. The work you drive here will meaningfully shape the next generation of secure development and operations at LinkedIn. Trust is a key building block in LinkedIn’s commitment to putting our members first, and you will be an important part of that commitment.
Responsibilities:
● You will provide technical leadership, and deliver impact by driving innovation while building and shipping software at scale.
● You will provide architectural guidance and mentorship to up-level the engineering organization.
● You will drive alignment across engineering, security, compliance, and platform teams—evangelizing architectural direction and ensuring long-term adoption.
● You will lead the design and development of scalable, resilient systems that elevate the security posture across LinkedIn’s cloud and runtime environments.
● You will uncover emerging risks and infrastructure gaps; develop innovative technical approaches that advance the team’s security and compliance objectives.
● You will embed security into developer workflows and infrastructure patterns in a way that enables velocity without compromising posture.
● You will operate across organizational boundaries to execute on complex initiatives, partnering with senior engineers, TPMs, and leadership to deliver impact.
● You will work closely with the open-source community to participate and influence cutting edge open-source projects (e.g., SPIRE, cert-manager).
● You will mentor other engineers and will help build a fast-growing team.
Basic Qualifications:
● BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
● 5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
● 5+ years of experience programming in object-oriented languages such as C/C++, Java, Golang, Rust, Python, Scala.
● 2+ years of experience as an architect, or technical leadership position.
Preferred Qualifications:
● MS or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline.
● 10+ years of experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions with 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership position.
● 5+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems and client-server architectures.
● 10+ years of programming experience in an object-oriented programming language such as Java, C/C++.
● Experience leading by influence, formulating and driving technical strategies across various organizations.
● Experience leading a large organization.
● Prior experience with Security, Compliance Infra and/or Cryptography strongly preferred.
● Experience with industry, open source, and/or academic research in key areas such as Continuous Compliance & Policy Engines, System Integrity & Provenance including technologies like Kubernetes, OPA (Open Policy Agent), GraphQL, Apache Kafka etc.
● Experience with open-source project management and governance.
Suggested Skills:
- Distributed systems
- Security Architecture & Infrastructure
- Technical Leadership
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.
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $175,000 - $288,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We 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.
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