Backend Engineer (Multiple Positions)

Backend Engineer

LaunchDarkly is looking for a Backend Engineer to join our team. You will design, implement, test, and operate production services and APIs. You will work with experienced engineers, Product, Design, and partner teams to turn customer and business needs into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, and operate production services and APIs.
• Lead projects or meaningful components of projects from problem definition through deployment and iteration.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs across scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and delivery speed.
• Improve the observability and operability of the systems you own.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Support, Customer Success, and other engineering teams.
• Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews.
• Investigate production issues and help turn operational lessons into lasting improvements.
• Contribute to a culture of inclusive collaboration, continuous improvement, and high-quality engineering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software in a professional environment, or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, testing, debugging, and API design.
• Experience with a backend language such as Go, Python, Rust, or an equivalent language.
• Experience designing or contributing to services that need to be reliable, observable, and maintainable as usage grows.
• Ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.
• A collaborative approach and a sense of ownership for both your work and its downstream customer impact.
• Comfort learning unfamiliar systems and working through ambiguous problems.

Salary

• Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones for Level 3: $145,500 - $200,090 (US Dollars)

How to Apply Please apply via the official LaunchDarkly careers page.