Senior Backend Engineer, Feature Management

LaunchDarkly is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help build enterprise-scale capabilities that empower the world’s largest organizations to adopt feature management best practices. In this role, you will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs that enable enterprise-grade automation and governance, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve real-world release management challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs that enable enterprise-grade automation, governance, and release management capabilities within LaunchDarkly
• Translate complex enterprise customer requirements into resilient and maintainable technical solutions that empower large organizations to standardize software delivery practices
• Lead technical discovery and architecture discussions, making thoughtful trade-offs that balance flexibility, scalability, and user experience
• Partner closely with internal and external stakeholders—such as product managers, enterprise customers, and LaunchDarkly’s own engineering teams—to deeply understand and solve real-world release management challenges using our own platform
• Champion best practices for backend development, system design, and observability while mentoring peers and raising the technical bar across the team
• Participate in our you-build-it-you-run-it culture by owning code in production, contributing to on-call rotations, and continuously improving system reliability and supportability

Requirements:

• 8+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a track record of delivering high-impact systems in complex domains
• Proven ability to design, build, and evolve distributed systems that are scalable, reliable, and maintainable—ideally in environments supporting large enterprise customers
• Strong programming experience, ideally with Go or comparable languages (e.g., Java, Rust, C++), and a demonstrated ability to ramp up on new technologies quickly
• Experience designing and consuming APIs, especially in systems that facilitate automation or integrate with enterprise platforms
• Solid understanding of domain modeling and system design, especially for building reusable abstractions and scalable internal frameworks
• Familiarity with observability practices (metrics, tracing, alerting, structured logging) and a mindset for diagnosing production issues in distributed environments
• A self-starter with strong ownership mindset, capable of navigating ambiguity and driving initiatives to completion
• Enthusiasm for improving how software is delivered at scale—whether through automation, standardization, or empowering engineering teams with better tools and practices