Full Stack Engineer, Guarded Releases

LaunchDarkly is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join their Guarded Releases team, focusing on improving software delivery. The role involves developing features that enhance observability and reliability in the release process, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional partners (product, design, data science, and engineering) to architect and advance our observability products. Leverage your broad experience to facilitate strategic discussions that align technical solutions with business goals, ensuring the delivery of scalable and effective features
• Drive comprehensive end-to-end feature development, taking full ownership from proof of concept through to delivery. Ensure that each feature provides robust observability into system behavior and customer usage patterns post-launch, applying a deep understanding of both technical and user experience considerations to optimize feature performance and reliability
• Proactively identify opportunities for product and user experience improvements, leveraging data insights and feedback to propose innovative, well-reasoned solutions. Lead the implementation of these enhancements, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility, ensuring each change drives meaningful improvements in engagement and performance
• Actively lead and contribute to code reviews, spec reviews, and architecture design, ensuring alignment with best practices, long-term scalability, and maintainability. Your experience will drive thorough and thoughtful evaluation of solutions, while providing constructive feedback that elevates the quality of the codebase
• Stay at the forefront of development trends, experimentation, and data-driven product evolution, bringing deep expertise to suggest and implement forward-thinking improvements in tools, processes, and methodologies. Your proactive involvement in continuous learning and improvement will help ensure the team remains competitive and cutting-edge in its approach to building user-focused products

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production-quality full-stack features
• Proficiency across the full stack—comfortable in TypeScript/React on the frontend and Go (or similar) on the backend
• Experience building data-focused products such as experimentation platforms, analytics dashboards, or large-scale data visualizations
• Proficient in designing, implementing, and maintaining RESTful APIs
• Experience working directly with customers and understands how their work impacts business goals
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for delivering impactful solutions
• Proven ability to work closely and collaborate with cross functional partners, like product, design, and data scientists
• Demonstrated ability to write clean, well-documented, and testable code with a focus on maintainability and extensibility
• Strong understanding of observability and monitoring tools and practices
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills