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LaunchDarkly · 4 weeks ago

Backend Engineer, Metrics

positionHybrid - San Francisco Bay Area
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$136K/yr - $188K/yr

LaunchDarkly is a company focused on improving software delivery and development cycles. The Backend Engineer for Metrics will build and maintain backend features, develop internal APIs, and support service reliability while contributing to infrastructure that modern teams depend on.

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Responsibilities

Build and maintain backend features within the Metrics services, following established patterns and designs
Help develop internal APIs that connect customer events to experimentation and release-safety workflows, with guidance from senior engineers
Work with data pipeline teams to understand how events flow through ingestion, storage, and querying, and make targeted contributions where needed
Assist in integrating event-driven capabilities into areas like AI Configs, Observability, and Experimentation
Support service reliability work by adding tests, improving logs, tuning alerts, and helping investigate issues during development
Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and planning sessions, asking clear questions and contributing thoughtfully
Learn the operational side of running distributed systems, including debugging, monitoring, and safe rollout practices

Qualification

GoRESTful APIsDistributed systemsDatabasesInfrastructure-as-codeObservability toolsData processing toolsSoft skills

Required

Experience with at least one server-side programming language and interest in working with Go
Ability to build and maintain basic RESTful APIs using existing patterns
Understanding of core computer science concepts such as data structures, concurrency, and distributed systems basics
Familiarity with databases or event stores like Postgres, ClickHouse, ElasticSearch, Snowflake, or similar
Exposure to data or event-processing tools such as Kinesis, Airflow, Spark, Lambda, Flink, or equivalents
Basic experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, or willingness to learn
Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog. Able to read dashboards and debug with guidance
Willing to commute to Oakland twice a week

Preferred

Exposure to CI systems such as CircleCI or Spinnaker
Early familiarity with experimentation frameworks or statistical ideas

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Health, vision, and dental insurance
Mental health benefits in addition to salary

Company

LaunchDarkly

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LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows software development teams to deliver to their customers.
dateFounded in 2014
location
Oakland, California, USA
people-size501-1000 employees
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https://launchdarkly.com/

H1B Sponsorship

LaunchDarkly has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)
2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$330.3M
Key Investors
Lead Edge CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersRedpoint
2021-08-10Series D· $200M
2020-01-16Series Unknown· $54M
2019-03-13Series C· $44M

Leadership Team

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Edith Harbaugh
Chief Executive Officer
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John Kodumal
CTO and Cofounder
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