Director, Software Engineering, Systems Infrastructure at LinkedIn3

About the Role

We are seeking a Director of Validation Engineering to lead LinkedIn’s engineering organization. This senior leadership role will oversee the team responsible for building scalable validation platforms that ensure safe and reliable production deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• →Partner across engineering to understand requirements for safe production changes while preserving high development velocity
• →Define and own the roadmap for self-service platforms enabling safe, scalable production releases within the CD ecosystem
• →Establish and enforce policies and technical controls for experimentation, software releases, and configuration management
• →Act as a role model and coach for engineers and managers
• →Collaborate with senior leadership to develop long-term reliability and validation strategy
• →Drive adoption of reliability best practices including SLO definition and continuous improvement
• →Develop metrics, tools, and dashboards to measure system health and operational performance
• →Own and drive improvements across end-to-end infrastructure with a focus on validation and safety
• →Hire, develop, and retain high-performing engineering leaders and engineers
• →Build strong partnerships with product, infrastructure, and application engineering teams
• →Lead complex, cross-organizational initiatives by aligning stakeholders and delivering high-quality outcomes