Sr. Android Software Engineer

LinkedIn is the worlds 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. Were also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture thats built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

This role is based in Mountain View, CA

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.

Our team, UX Engineering, is passionate about every pixel. At the heart of our work is our commitment to delivering a user experience that is accessible, consistent, high-performing, and delightful. We are creating the framework for the next generation of consumer and enterprise applications at LinkedIn. As a Sr Software Engineer on Android, you will design and develop core user experience components, capabilities, and frameworks, establish the underlying infrastructure, collaborate with design systems and product engineering teams, and provide architectural guidance. Your role will enable these teams to experiment and build their features with high quality and velocity.

Responsibilities

• You will design and execute user-facing features for the native LinkedIn app on Android devices by leveraging mobile operating system frameworks for multi-threading, persisting data, and managing user experience and graphics across multiple screen sizes.
• You will use the latest cutting edge technologies and libraries suggested by Google for building responsive native apps for Android.
• You will build scalable native mobile apps using LinkedIn’s internal libraries.
• You will produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• You will provide technical leadership, driving best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional, and company-wide critical programs.

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 2+ years programming experience in languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, Javascript, C/C++, C#, etc.
 

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.

Suggest Skills

• Kotlin
• Java
• Swift
• Objective-C
• Javascript
• HTML/CSS
• Web Development

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 $125,000 - $206,000. 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 additional information, visit: https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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