Senior Software Engineer -

Location: Bengaluru, KA, in

Company Description

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, 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.

Job Description

LinkedIn helps professionals achieve more in their careers by making connections, discovering opportunities, and gaining insights. Our global reach enables a direct impact on the world’s workforce. We transform lives through innovative products and technology and are committed to diversity and equal opportunity.

The Platform team owns implementations and integrations for our global instance of . As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the architecture, design, and extensibility of our platform that empowers LinkedIn’s enterprise operations across IT Operations, HR, Finance, and Workplace systems. You will directly impact the day-to-day experience of LinkedIn’s 17,500+ employees and contingent workforce. The work location of this role is Bangalore.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for the integrity of code design, implementation, quality, data, and ongoing maintenance and operations; create technical specifications and write high‑quality, supportable, scalable code ensuring quality KPIs are met.

• Design, develop, and optimize complex solutions leveraging modern platform capabilities, best practices, and extensibility frameworks.

• Architect and govern CMDB and Asset Management solutions, ensuring data quality, normalization, reconciliation, lifecycle integrity, and operational reliability.

• Act as a technical authority across SAM (HAM/SAM Pro), ITOM (Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, Health), SPM, and enterprise analytics and reporting.

• Design scalable CMDB models that support ITOM visibility, asset lifecycles, compliance, reporting, and integration with downstream systems.

• Build and optimize Platform Analytics, Performance Analytics, and executive‑level dashboards to drive data‑informed decision‑making.

• Define technical patterns, guardrails, and reference architectures aligned with platform strategy and long‑term sustainment.

• Partner with Product Management, Business Stakeholders, Information Security, and Operations to translate strategic goals into robust technical solutions.

• Mentor engineers and provide architectural guidance through design reviews, code reviews, and technical coaching.

• Lead complex troubleshooting efforts, including CMDB health issues, discovery failures, integration bottlenecks, and performance degradation.

• Produce audit‑ready technical documentation, including solution designs, data models, and architectural diagrams.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• 10+ years of experience in software design and development, including algorithmic problem solving.

• Experience with data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

• Hands‑on experience with HR/TSM modules, including Service Catalogs, Record Producers, Portal, Workflows, and Orchestration.

• Hands‑on experience with CMDB architecture, discovery, normalization, reconciliation rules, and CI lifecycle management.

• Experience with asset lifecycles, license compliance, software normalization, and hardware asset governance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Certified Master Architect (CMA).

• BS and 8+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 7+ years, or PhD and 4+ years.

• Experience in platform governance, upgrade strategies, and technical debt management.

Suggested Skills

• CMDB architecture and governance.

• ITOM Discovery and Service Mapping.

• Performance Analytics and executive dashboarding.

• Asset and license compliance management.

• Data modeling and integration design on .

Additional Information

India Disability Policy 

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. For more information on our equal opportunity policy, please visit https://legal.linkedin.com/content/dam/legal/Policy_India_EqualOppPWD_9-12-2023.pdf

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates ​

Please follow this link to access the document that provides transparency around the way in which LinkedIn handles personal data of employees and job applicants: https://legal.linkedin.com/candidate-portal.

India Disability Policy 

LinkedIn is an equal employment opportunity employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. For more information on our equal opportunity policy, please visit https://legal.linkedin.com/content/dam/legal/Policy_India_EqualOppPWD_9-12-2023.pdf

Global Data Privacy Notice and Compliance Posters for Job Candidates 

Please use this link to access documents that provide information about how LinkedIn handles the personal data of employees and job applicants, as well as the E-Verify Participation Notice and the Department of Justice Immigrant and Employee Rights Section Right to Work posters: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/candidate-portal.