LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly

Staff Engineer, Guardian

Remote - US · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$215k-$295kDetected 6 days ago
Backend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentDevOpsData ScienceStatisticsCadenceLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • About the Job: LaunchDarkly is looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to play a key role in shaping the future of software delivery at LaunchDarkly at the intersection of Releases and Observability on the Guardian team.
  • In a world where agents are delivering code faster and more reliably, releasing safely is no longer optional infrastructure; it's a competitive advantage.
  • The Guardian team is focused on making every release safer, faster, and more reliable.

Responsibilities

  • Prototyping / 0-to-1 innovation, lead the exploration and prototyping of new product concepts at the intersection of feature flags and observability, from integrations to new implementations.
  • You'll operate with high autonomy to identify opportunities, rapidly validate ideas through proof of concepts, and define the technical direction for net-new product areas that expand Guardian's value.
  • Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional partners (product, design, data science, and engineering) to architect and advance our observability products.
  • Lead the implementation of these enhancements, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility, ensuring each change drives meaningful improvements in engagement and performance.
  • Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software.
  • Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
  • We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind.
  • Stay at the forefront of development trends, observability, and data-driven product evolution, bringing deep expertise to suggest and implement forward-thinking improvements in tools, processes, and methodologies.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production-quality full-stack features
  • Experience with observability systems, statistical analysis pipelines, and event-based metrics infrastructure.
  • Experience leading 0-to-1 product development, taking ambiguous problem spaces from exploration through proof of concept to validated direction.
  • Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise.
  • Strong architectural understanding of data platforms, backend services, and cloud-native infrastructure.
  • Deep familiarity with the observability ecosystem ( APM, distributed tracing, OpenTelemetry, error tracking) and an informed perspective on where it's heading.
  • Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with minimal direction, comfortable defining what to build, not just how to build it.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
  • Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 5:
  • Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $214,800 - $295,350**
  • Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $193,400 - $265,870**
  • Zone 3: All other US locations - $182,600 -$ 251,0202**
  • LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency
  • we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Compensation

  • Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 5:
  • Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $214,800 - $295,350**
  • Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $193,400 - $265,870**
  • Zone 3: All other US locations - $182,600 -$ 251,0202**
  • LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs.
  • Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Benefits

  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.
  • 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.
  • We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Company info

  • automating release processes, measuring the real-time impact of feature rollouts, and simplifying debugging when things go wrong.
  • From automated release pipelines to metrics monitoring, error tracking, and fully automated rollbacks, our work ensures every code change is measured, and the entire release process from rollout to issue mitigation is managed for maximum efficiency and reliability.
  • We extensively use the products we build, allowing us to create our own ideal release process while shaping the developer experience for teams across the industry.
  • If you're interested in building the systems that help software teams ship safely at scale, we'd love to work with you.

Equal opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
  • LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan.
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