Staff Engineer

LaunchDarkly

. Set technical direction for complex, high-impact systems, products, or cross-team initiatives .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $182,600 - $295,350 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

Role fit

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical leadership, architecture design, and event-driven systems, with a strong focus on improving engineering effectiveness and delivering scalable, reliable software solutions. Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence cross-team initiatives through clear communication and collaborative decision-making.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Technical LeadershipEvent-Driven ArchitecturesGo ProgrammingJava ProgrammingProduction Software Delivery

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Hard Skills

Event-Driven ArchitecturesStreaming ProtocolsServer-Sent EventsWebSocketsStateful Connection ManagementGoJavaRustSoftware QualityObservability

Soft Skills

Collaborative LeadershipClear CommunicationCuriosityInclusionRespect for Perspectives

Industry Keywords

ScalabilityPerformanceReliabilitySecurityOperational Health

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaRustGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set technical direction for complex, high-impact systems, products, or cross-team initiatives
Lead architecture and design work improving scalability, performance, reliability, security, operability, and developer experience
Clarify ambiguous problems and identify high-leverage opportunities
Help teams make timely, well-informed decisions
Partner with Product, Design, Engineering Managers, and senior leaders to connect technical investments to customer and business outcomes
Influence teams outside the immediate area through technical proposals, inclusive decision-making, and clear communication
Improve engineering effectiveness through reusable patterns, paved paths, documentation, mentoring, and process improvements
Contribute directly to critical projects through hands-on technical work
Represent customer needs and production realities in technical and product discussions
Develop other engineers through mentorship, feedback, and opportunities to grow scope

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of relevant industry experience
Deep understanding of event-driven architectures
Experience with streaming protocols such as Server-Sent Events and WebSockets
Experience with stateful connection management at scale
Expertise in Go, Java, Rust, or similar systems programming languages
Significant experience delivering and operating production software at meaningful scale, complexity, or reliability requirements
Demonstrated technical leadership across team or organizational boundaries without formal authority
Experience making architecture and design decisions for complex systems and communicating tradeoffs clearly
Track record of turning ambiguous, high-impact problems into aligned plans and shipped outcomes
Strong understanding of software quality, observability, operational health, security, and sustainable delivery practices
Ability to balance long-term technical direction with pragmatic, incremental execution
Collaborative leadership style grounded in curiosity, inclusion, clear communication, and respect for different perspectives

Benefits

Comp & perks

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Mental health benefits