Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

LaunchDarkly is looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to play a key role in shaping the future of how software is built within LaunchDarkly on the Fundamentals team. LaunchDarkly is at a transformative stage, building new products that enables engineering teams to release software faster, and with more confidence.

In Short

• Architect, implement, support, and maintain internal services, abstractions, and best practices that accelerate product engineering.
• Analyze and understand existing engineering workflows to identify opportunities for improvement and codify common patterns.
• Lead cross-functional projects from technical design to production release, collaborating with product and platform engineering teams.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers, promoting best practices and improving overall code quality.
• Champion new internal capabilities and drive their adoption by product teams, often requiring influence without direct authority.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with a deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native development (we use AWS).
• Expert-level proficiency in backend programming in Go (Golang).
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, including designing, maintaining, and scaling infrastructure for cloud-native applications.
• Proven ability to design scalable software systems and abstractions used by other teams.
• Track record of leading large, cross-team projects and mentoring engineers.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of influencing without direct authority.

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.