Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Infrastructure

This role will be based in Bangalore, India. 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.

Team Information

As part of our world-class traffic infrastructure team, you will be at the forefront of managing every HTTP request that reaches LinkedIn. You will leverage your software engineering expertise and technical leadership skills to enhance the traffic tier’s reliability, security posture, operational rigor, and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have in-depth expertise in DNS, traffic engineering, and routing platforms, along with hands-on experience working with technologies like Azure Front Door (AFD), Cloudflare, IPVS, Apache Traffic Server (ATS), HAProxy, and various proxy systems. In this role, we rely on your technical leadership to elevate our traffic tier to the next level.

Responsibilities

• You will act as a domain expert for Traffic Infrastructure at LinkedIn and own architectural decisions
• You will design, implement, deploy, and maintain traffic routing platforms such as Apache Traffic Server (ATS), HAProxy, to optimize global traffic flow.
• You will partner with customers and leaders to create roadmaps, drive alignments and deliver products
• You will lead and mentor teams, while actively building and operating large scale systems
• You will define, enforce and continuously raise the bar for craftsmanship at Linkedin, bringing in best practices from the industry
• You will build a culture of innovation, with bias for execution