Staff Software Engineer - KMS & Cryptography
LinkedIn· Professional Networking· Aug 27, 2026 · 2mo agoPosted 61 days ago
Mountain View, CA, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Staff
$156K–$255K
4+ years exp
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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.
Securing and protecting data is core to building trust with our members and for LinkedIn’s success. Within Information Security at LinkedIn, the mission of the Key Management and Cryptography team is to secure and protect our members’ data by developing core security services to support management of encryption keys and application secrets. By building developer-friendly cryptographic libraries and APIs, we enable engineering teams across the company to create secure features to protect our members’ data. Trust is a key building block in LinkedIn’s commitment to putting our members first, and we are an important part of that commitment.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and executing on complex projects, and designing and developing scalable services and developer-friendly libraries to empower LinkedIn to defend against the misuse of data. We are looking for an engineer with sound technical acumen, and the ability to lead and grow other engineers on the team. You will own your space and have the unique opportunity to influence the long-term vision and technology roadmap for KMS and Cryptography at LinkedIn.
Responsibilities:
• You will provide technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross functional, and company-wide critical programs.
• You will scale distributed applications, make architectural trade-offs applying synchronous and asynchronous design patterns, write code, and deliver with speediness and quality.
• You will develop multi-tier scalable, high-volume performing, and reliable user-centric applications that operate 24x7.
• You will produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
• Identify, leverage, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity.
• You will participate in key technical and design discussions with technical leads in the team.
• You will collaborate with other teams and partners to define and execute on projects.
Basic Qualifications:
• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or related practical experience.
• 4+ years experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 4+ years programming experience in object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Java, Golang, or Rust.
Preferred Qualifications:
• BS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 7+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• Prior experience implementing cryptography for data encryption and security infrastructure applications.
• Experience in designing and building infrastructure and web services at large scale.
• Expert knowledge of computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• Experience leveraging AI for production-grade code development.
• Experience designing security for cloud-native environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive consensus across technical and non-technical teams.
Suggested Skills:
• Distributed systems
• Backend Systems Infrastructure
• Kubernetes Infrastructure
• Key Management & Cryptography
• Technical Leadership
• Java/Golang/Rust/Python
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 $156,000 to $255,000. 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 careers.linkedin.com.
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