Senior Staff Engineer, Core AI Human Intelligence, Annotation, Localization and Operations

Company Overview:

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to help members of all backgrounds and experiences achieve more in their careers. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Every day our members use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, build skills and gain insights. We believe amazing things happen when we work together in an environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging, and that what matters most in a candidate is having the skills needed to succeed. It inspires us to invest in our talent and support career growth. Join us to challenge yourself with work that matters.

Team Overview:

In this role, you will be a core member of LinkedIn’s CORE AI team and will partner closely with other verticals in Data and AI organization and other Product teams. You’ll be driving and managing all data curation and annotation efforts across LinkedIn. You’ll be at the forefront of transforming how we evaluate our most cutting-edge AI based products leveraging LLMs to enhance our processes. You will oversee the development and improvement of the tools and platforms that support these activities.

Success in this role hinges on building strong partnerships. You’ll work closely with teams across the company, ensuring their data requirements are met swiftly and effectively. Your vision, leadership, and strategic mindset will be critical as we push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Location:

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 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.

This role will be based in Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities:

Work with large-scale data to build systems which will leverage and support new techniques for evaluating AI based productsProvide technical leadership to junior engineers and collaborator orgs, drive and perform best engineering practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional critical projects.Hold the team to a high ML craftsmanship bar and actively reduce ML tech debt, designing systems that scale with algorithms and with time, and improve engineering productivity.Partner with data science & analytics teams, product & infrastructure teams to build new innovative ideas to improve member experience.Bring together industry research and develop opportunities to contribute back to industry research

Basic Qualifications:

5+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions2+ years in a Lead, Staff, Principal, Architect, or similar technical Leadership position. BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or equivalent practical experienceExperience with Machine Learning or Recommendation Systems

Preferred Qualifications:

10+ years of experience, including extensive work with leading solutions related to evaluation of complex systems, AI/Machine Learning and/or experimentationMasters or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Economics and related fieldsBackground in one or more of the following areas: experimentation, large scale evaluations, machine learnings, deep learning, Large Language Models (LLM)Demonstrated ability to work with peers in engineering across teams to set technical directions

Suggested Skills:

Model Evaluation AI Product Development 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.

Compensation Disclosure:

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $233,000 - $315,000. 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.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

LinkedIn is committed to diversity in its workforce and is 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 an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer as described in our equal opportunity statement here: https://microsoft.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/LinkedInGCI/EeE8sk7CTIdFmEp9ONzFOTEBM62TPrWLMHs4J1C_QxVTbg?e=5hfhpE. Please reference https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf and https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf for more information.

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