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, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.
Our team, Product Application UX Infrastructure, is passionate about every pixel. At the heart of our work, as we create the framework for the next generation of consumer and enterprise applications at LinkedIn, is our commitment to delivering a user experience that is accessible, consistent, high-performing, and delightful. As a Senior Software Engineer on Android, you will design and develop core user experience components and frameworks, establish the underlying infrastructure, collaborate with product engineering teams, and provide architectural guidance. Your role will enable these teams to efficiently experiment and build their applications.
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 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.
• 2+ years programming experience in Java, Kotlin and Jetpack Compose.
• Proficiency with Jetpack Compose and UX topics like Constraint Layout, Android Accessibility and the Material Design library.
• Familiarity with Android tooling like Gradle, AGP, and Android Studio.
• Experience building accessible Android applications and familiarity with accessibility standards and guidelines, such as WCAG, Section 508, Google Material Design, and Android App Quality guidelines.
• Deep foundation in computer science with a strong understanding in data structures, and algorithms. Strong object-oriented skills including design, coding, and testing patterns.
• Extensive experience in designing and building scalable application infrastructure, collaborating with stakeholders and diverse teams, and delivering projects on time and with exceptional quality.
• Familiarity with API design and client/server communication principles and technologies like gRPC and GraphQL.
Suggested Skills
• Kotlin
• Jetpack compose
• API 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 $121,000 to $198,000. 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 more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.
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