Sr Android Engineer - Media Infrastructure

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. 

You would join the Media Infra org as a Senior Software Engineer on the Media SDK team. Media Infra owns the platform that powers all media uploads and playback at LinkedIn. The Media SDK team builds the client-side SDKs and libraries that enable video, image, document, Live, and VC experiences across iOS, Android, and Web. Sitting at the intersection of infrastructure and product, the team’s work directly shapes member-facing experiences at scale.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will work primarily on the Android client stack, building and evolving core media playback and upload infrastructure used across the LinkedIn app. Day-to-day work includes developing and optimizing video playback using ExoPlayer, implementing streaming protocols such as HLS/DASH, handling media caching and prefetching, and improving startup latency and playback reliability. You will also work on media upload pipelines, networking layers, and observability for media QoE metrics. The role involves close collaboration with backend infrastructure teams, product teams, and other client platforms (iOS and Web) to design scalable APIs and ensure consistent media experiences across LinkedIn.
 

Basic Qualifications

· BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of industry experience in software design, development, and algorithm related solutions.
• 2+ years programming experience in languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, Javascript, C/C++, C#, etc.

Preferred Qualifications 

• BS and 5+ years of relevant work experience, MS and 4+ years of relevant work experience, or PhD and 2+ years of relevant work experience.

Suggested Skills

Kotlin

Java

Swift

Objective-C

Javascript

HTML/CSS

Web Development

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The pay range for this role is $125,000 to $206,000 . 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.

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