Backend Engineer

Who you are

• Technologies include Go, AWS, Terraform, and Datadog, but exact tool match matters less than strong fundamentals and a real appetite for learning how large systems behave
• 3+ years of professional software-engineering experience building production services
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Go, Rust, Python, Java, etc.) and familiarity with a cloud platform (AWS or equivalent)
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, concurrency, API design, and testing
• Experience debugging real production problems and a willingness to carry an on-call rotation
• Working familiarity with observability tooling and comfort reading dashboards, logs, and traces
• Ability to break down an ambiguous task, ask good questions, and drive it to done
• Clear written and verbal communication, and a genuine interest in learning from feedback

What the job involves

• Software powers the world, and LaunchDarkly empowers teams to deliver and control it safely
• As a Software Engineer on the Flag Delivery team, you will help build and operate the systems that stream feature-flag configuration to every connected LaunchDarkly SDK globally, in near real time
• These systems run at high scale and have to stay reliable, low-latency, and correct; when they fail, customers lose control of their features
• You will own well-scoped projects from design through production, with senior engineers alongside you, on both the current delivery path and the next generation of the architecture
• Build, ship, and operate features and services in Flag Delivery's streaming and polling infrastructure
• Own well-scoped projects end to end: design, implementation, rollout, and the operational tail
• Investigate and fix production issues, participating in the team's on-call rotation with support
• Write maintainable, well-tested code and take part in code and design reviews
• Improve the observability and reliability of the code you own
• Collaborate with SDK Engineering, Data Platform, and product-engineering teams on work that crosses boundaries
• Grow your depth in distributed systems and production operations with mentorship from senior engineers

Benefits

• Full Vision
• Full Dental
• Full Medical
• Flexible Schedule
• Healthy Lunches & Snacks
• Conference & Meetup Access
• Education Stipend
• Personalized Work Station
• Close to Public Transportation
• Bike Parking
• Team Activities
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Work from home opportunities
• Health insurance