
Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500…

Founded in 2003, LinkedIn connects the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. With more than 1 billion members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500…
Founded: 2003 (started 2002, launched May 5, 2003)
Core product: Professional networking platform with Talent, Marketing, Sales solutions and Premium Subscriptions
Scale: More than 1 billion members; ~26,000 employees
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Liquidity event: Acquired by Microsoft (December 2016)
Professional networking, talent acquisition, sales/marketing enablement and professional career development.
2003
Software Development
Approximately $150–155 million prior to IPO
Raised multiple private financings before IPO; notable rounds reported in 2007 and 2008.
Approximately $352.8 million (gross proceeds)
Public offering in May 2011.
Acquired by Microsoft in 2016 (primary liquidity event for prior investors).
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Company Description LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and every day millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume -- we transform lives through innovative products and technology.
Every day, millions of posts, videos, and articles course through the LinkedIn feed, generating tens of thousands of comments every hour — and tens of millions more shares and likes.
LinkedIn’s Trust organization is dedicated to maintaining a high standard for content on the platform. As part of this effort, the team develops and deploys machine learning models across diverse platforms, including Ads, feed, messaging, jobs, and more. The Content Abuse Prevention team focuses on enhancing the LinkedIn member experience by building scalable models that detect and prevent content abuse, particularly through advanced video-related initiatives. Leveraging large-scale video processing, video pipelines, multi-GPU optimization, and computer vision, we work to create robust solutions that identify and mitigate harmful video content. From idea conception and proof-of-concept to scalable design and framework development, your role will be vital in advancing our capabilities and ensuring a safer, more enriching digital community.
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 As part of a new and fast growing team of top-notch scientists and engineers, you will experience all the excitement and dynamism of a startup along with the scale and technology of a world-class enterprise.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications Basic Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
You will Benefit from our Culture:
We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels
Suggested Skills
People Management
Clustered computing systems experience
Experience in building ML data systems
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.
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