Job Details

Overview

As a Software Engineer on LaunchDarklys SDK team, you will build the primary touchpoint that our customers interact with on a daily basis. Youll work with multiple technologies across our 35+ SDKs while enabling customers of all kinds to feature flag their code. When working on our SDKs, youd be contributing to much more than thin client wrappers. Our SDKs are feature-rich agents with strong emphases on performance, concurrency, and resiliency - all while following idiomatic practices for their tech stack.

LaunchDarkly serves trillions of feature flags daily to customers all around the globe, and every flag is handled by our SDKs. This team has a major impact not only on our company, but on our customers (and their customers). We are growing fast and we need your help writing the next chapter in our story.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with our engineering and product teams to drive the implementation and release of major features
• Actively maintain our open-source repositories
• Identify areas of improvement and advocate for best practices
• Have an active voice in shaping both technology and product decisions

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience building libraries and packages used by other developers
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Committed to working in a communicative, collaborative environment
• Self-starter and problem solver, willing to solve difficult problems and work independently when necessary
• Strong testing background: experience building unit, integration, load tests, and benchmarks
• Experience writing production-ready code with emphasis on quality and maintainability
• Experience contributing to open-source software

Compensation

Pay: Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle $187,000 - $257,000

Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago $168,000 - $231,000

Zone 3: All other US locations $158,000 - $218,000

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.

About LaunchDarkly

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations.

The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

• Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
• Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
• Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
• Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
• Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. Were building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. 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. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so, contact People Ops at ...@launchdarkly.com.

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