Senior Backend Engineer - Data Platform & Distributed Systems

LaunchDarkly; United States; On-site; USD 158,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Mental health benefits

Job summary

LaunchDarkly is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their Data Platform. In this role, you will be integral to building and maintaining the company's distributed data infrastructure, ensuring reliable service to customer-facing applications. You will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers, utilizing tools like Kinesis and Terraform to create efficient data solutions.

This position requires over 6 years of backend engineering experience, emphasizing expertise in distributed systems and data pipeline technologies. LaunchDarkly values collaboration, operational excellence, and maintains a transparent compensation policy.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong ownership mindset for production systems
• Hands-on with streaming or batch processing technologies

Responsibilities

• Design and operate distributed data-intensive backend systems
• Own and improve production data infrastructure
• Debug complex production issues in distributed systems

Skills

Backend software engineering

Distributed systems

Data pipeline technologies

Infrastructure as code

Programming in Go, Python, SQL

Education

6+ years of professional experience

Tools

Kinesis

Airflow

Spark

Terraform

Datadog

Job description

LaunchDarkly is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to enhance their Data Platform. In this role, you will be integral to building and maintaining the company's distributed data infrastructure, ensuring reliable service to customer-facing applications. You will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers, utilizing tools like Kinesis and Terraform to create efficient data solutions.

This position requires over 6 years of backend engineering experience, emphasizing expertise in distributed systems and data pipeline technologies. LaunchDarkly values collaboration, operational excellence, and maintains a transparent compensation policy.