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LaunchDarkly

Backend Engineer

LaunchDarkly

. Design, implement, test, and operate production services and APIs .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,500 - $235,400 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, implementing, and operating production services and APIs, with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and a collaborative approach to problem-solving and project leadership.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Production Software DevelopmentAPI DesignBackend Programming (Go, Python, Rust)Observability and Operability ImprovementTechnical Communication

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Hard Skills
Software Engineering FundamentalsData StructuresAlgorithmsTestingDebugging
Soft Skills
Collaborative ApproachSense of OwnershipProblem-Solving
Industry Keywords
Production ServicesScalabilityPerformanceReliabilityMaintainability

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PythonRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Design, implement, test, and operate production services and APIs
  • Lead projects or meaningful project components from problem definition through deployment and iteration
  • Make tradeoffs across scalability, performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and delivery speed
  • Improve observability and operability, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and incident learnings
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Support, Customer Success, and engineering teams
  • Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews
  • Investigate production issues and turn operational lessons into lasting improvements
  • Contribute to inclusive collaboration, continuous improvement, and high-quality engineering

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 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; most teams use Go
  • Experience designing or contributing to reliable, observable, and maintainable services as usage grows
  • Ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical partners
  • Collaborative approach and sense of ownership for work and downstream customer impact
  • Comfort learning unfamiliar systems and working through ambiguous problems

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Mental health benefits
  • Equal opportunity employer and diversity-valuing workplace
  • Disability accommodation assistance