Backend Engineer, Metrics
LaunchDarkly is a company focused on improving software delivery for developers. They are seeking a Backend Engineer for their Metrics team, responsible for building and maintaining backend features, developing internal APIs, and supporting service reliability work. 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 Skills 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 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 Company Overview LaunchDarkly is a feature management platform that allows software development teams to deliver to their customers. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship LaunchDarkly has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2022, 3 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.