In the Code: Volume 1, Issue 3

Following LinkedIn’s 20th birthday last month, we revisit our recent conversation with WIRED, and reflect on our many engineering wins over our 20-year history.

In Issue 3 of our In the Code e-newsletter here, we also capture additional LinkedIn Engineering career stories, technical work, news stories, and upcoming events, and some of our latest job openings.

On?LinkedIn’s birthday, our?Engineering SVP Mohak Shroff, Data VP Ya Xu & Product Engineering VP Erran Berger sat down with WIRED to reflect on the past 20 years.

With now 930M+ members worldwide (from 1M+ in 2004), our Skills Graph of 40K+ skills helping to reimagine hiring, and the launch of multiple Generative AI (GAI) powered products in a mere three months — there's a lot to be proud of.

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Career stories: Next-gen systems, servers, and SREs

Saira joined our Bangalore site reliability engineering (SRE) team to tackle large-scale, site engineering challenges and grow.?

She highlights for us the impactful work she found here — from ushering in LinkedIn’s next-generation, server query system that runs over a fleet of 350,000 servers, to mentoring the next generation of female engineers:

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Career stories: Breaking barriers with LinkedIn

After interning with us, Beatrix resonated with the culture and community she found at LinkedIn, and rejoined us post-undergrad.?

As she continues exploring her passion for frontend (UI) and accessibility engineering, she shares why launching her career with LinkedIn is one of the best decisions she has made.

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Our Responsible AI principles in practice

"With great power comes great responsibility."

In the advent of GAI this Voltaire quote — as popularized by the Spider-Man series — is the perfect headline for our Engineering team's five Responsible AI principles.

LinkedIn AI Technical Fellow Joaquin Qui?onero Candela details how we've applied these across our three initial GAI-powered products.

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Viral spam content detection at LinkedIn

Based in Bangalore, Shilpi Agrawal from our Machine Learning team shares a behind-the-scenes look into how LinkedIn uses AI to create a safe and trusted experience for members.

With both proactive and reactive defense systems in place, LinkedIn has decreased the overall percentage of views on spam content by 7.3%.?

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Authority Magazine: Women Reshaping The Cybersecurity Industry: LinkedIn’s Angel Liu On The Five Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Career In The Cybersecurity Industry

Originally from Shanghai, LinkedIn's Angel Liu sits down with Authority Magazine to dive into Information Security (InfoSec) engineering.

Now based in Silicon Valley, she shares what led her into InfoSec, her work in LinkedIn Engineering, and her five tips for emerging cybersecurity engineers:

1?. Stay curious

2. Develop effective communication skills?

3. Build a strong network

4. Be compassionate & authentic

5. Embrace a growth mindset?

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InformationWeek: Career Spotlight: Infrastructure Software Engineering

Based in NY, Colorado, and Virginia, LinkedIn Engineering's Areeb Khan, Zoab Kapoor, and Jesse Brink sat down with InformationWeek to dive into systems & infrastructure engineering.?

They walk us through this rewarding and challenging engineering specialty, and share their five tips for success in the space:

1?. Communication

2?.? Empathy

3?. Know what you know, know what you don’t

4?. Working with the unknown

5?. Data-driven decision-making

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LinkedIn Webinar: Voices [in] InfoSec —?Security as an Enabler for Business Growth

Thursday, June 15 | 10–10:30 a.m. PDT

Virtual Event | LinkedIn Live

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Find your ideal engineering job today. Check out these, and other engineering jobs at LinkedIn across our 9+ global engineering hubs at lnkd.in/EngJobs:

Systems & Infrastructure Distinguished Software Engineer —?Product Platforms

Bellevue, Wash. or U.S. Remote | Hybrid or Remote

Backend (Apps) Senior Software Engineer —?Productivity Engineering?

Bangalore, India | Hybrid

Systems & Infrastructure Principal Staff Software Engineer — Big Data Hadoop

Mountain View, Calif. or U.S. Remote | Hybrid or Remote

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