Overview LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers. Our products connect people, disclose opportunities, and provide insights that impact the world’s workforce. We are committed to transforming lives through innovative products and technology. We seek talent to help employees find passion and purpose and to change the way the world works. Our leadership emphasizes growth, balance, and results, driving strategy and enabling teams to make a lasting impact on our business and community. Job Description: LinkedIn’s approach to flexible work centers on trust and is optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and evolving business needs. This role is hybrid, performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the team’s needs. Role LinkedIn is seeking a Principal Staff Software Engineer to lead its Data Privacy and Data Governance Engineering team. This role ensures LinkedIn meets privacy and data governance commitments to regulators and end-users, and involves designing and implementing privacy-related systems and initiatives, including data minimization, data taxonomy, data retention, and purpose limitation. You will also help create scalable solutions for LinkedIn's universal policy catalog and integrate it with a high-performance native policy enforcement system to enforce data policies across execution environments. The role requires deep knowledge of data privacy principles and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance business needs with privacy compliance. Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance backend systems focused on member privacy and data protection. Lead key privacy initiatives such as data minimization, data taxonomy, data retention, and purpose limitation. Collaborate with product management, legal, engineering, compliance, and security teams to ensure privacy considerations are integrated into LinkedIn's architecture and development processes. Develop technology roadmaps prioritizing members’ data privacy. Identify and evaluate new technologies to enhance LinkedIn's privacy posture. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers within the team. Ensure systems comply with relevant privacy laws and regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). What we are looking for Extensive software engineering experience with a proven track record of building large-scale systems. Deep understanding of privacy principles and regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA). Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders. Experience designing and implementing policy enforcement systems or privacy-centric architectures. Expertise in data governance, security, and encryption technologies. Excellent communication skills to translate complex privacy requirements into technical solutions. Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams. Qualifications Basic Qualifications: BS/BA in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent technical experience 10+ years of experience in software design, building solutions 5+ years in a technical leadership position Preferred Qualifications: 12+ years of experience in software design 5+ of those years in a technical leadership position Experience Data Privacy & Governance Infrastructure Experience leading and influencing within large, matrixed organization Experience leading high-impact, cross-organization initiatives. Suggested skills Data Privacy Infrastructure Data Governance Infrastructure Developing technology strategies at a company-wide scale Technical leadership Compensation and Benefits LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $290,000 to $440,000. Actual compensation packages are based on factors such as skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and work location. This may differ by location due to cost of labor. The total compensation package may include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits, and/or other incentive plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits Equal Opportunity and Accommodations LinkedIn is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. LinkedIn is committed to an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or participate in the interview process, contact accommodations@linkedin.com with details of the requested accommodation. Examples include documents in alternate formats, accessible interview locations, service animals, and sign language interpreters. A response will be provided within three business days for accommodation requests. LinkedIn may provide pay-related information to applicants within appropriate channels as required by law. Pay Transparency Policy and Global Data Privacy notices are available at the links below: Pay Transparency: https://lnkd.in/paytransparency; Global Data Privacy Notice: https://lnkd.in/GlobalDataPrivacyNotice

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