Key skills
AWSDockerEC2KubernetesTerraformECSEKSCloudFormationLambdaS3IAMCloudWatchCI/CDLeadershipCommunication
About this role
Role Overview
- Act as SME for LaunchDarkly, owning architecture, design decisions, and best practices
- Design and implement enterprise-ready LaunchDarkly solutions, including feature flag strategy, environment and access model, governance, security, and audit considerations
- Integrate LaunchDarkly with Brave templates and CI/CD pipelines
- Define scalable, secure, and resilient AWS-based DevOps architectures
- Be deeply hands-on in building and configuring AWS infrastructure (IaC using Terraform/CloudFormation)
- Troubleshoot complex production issues across DevOps and feature management layers
- Ensure solutions are production-ready, observable, and performant
- Own end-to-end delivery for the DevOps and LaunchDarkly workstream
- Plan, estimate, and execute deliverables with high quality and predictability
- Lead and mentor engineers while remaining an active contributor
- Ensure adherence to timelines, quality standards, and engineering best practices
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels (engineering, product, leadership)
- Translate technical concepts into clear business and operational outcomes
- Participate in architecture reviews, design walkthroughs, and executive discussions
Requirements
- 10+ years of overall software / platform engineering experience
- 2+ years of recent, hands-on AWS DevOps experience
- Proven experience implementing LaunchDarkly in real-world environments
- Strong experience integrating feature flagging solutions into CI/CD pipelines
- AWS: EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, S3
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Feature flag lifecycle management
- SDK integration
- Governance and rollout strategies
- Strong understanding of security, compliance, and enterprise-scale DevOps practices
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to influence and align stakeholders across technology and business
- Proven experience leading teams while remaining hands-on
- Strong ownership mindset with accountability for delivery outcomes
Tech Stack
- AWS
- Docker
- EC2
- Kubernetes
- Terraform