Senior Backend Engineer, Data Platform

Who you are

You have over 5 years of backend software engineering experience, particularly in building production systems that handle large-scale data processing. Your expertise includes designing and implementing data pipelines that are robust and efficient, ensuring they can process trillions of events daily. You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and UX designers to deliver user-facing features that enhance the overall product experience.

Your experience includes at least 1 year focused on building product-oriented data pipelines or data warehouses. You are familiar with the challenges of managing data at scale and have a strong understanding of database performance optimization. You are comfortable writing unit, integration, and load tests to ensure the reliability of your code, and you actively participate in code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.

You are well-versed in AWS technologies and have hands-on experience with tools such as Kinesis, Airflow, Spark, Lambda, Flink, and Athena. Your knowledge extends to various databases, including ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Timestream, and Snowflake, allowing you to choose the right tools for the job. You are committed to improving engineering standards, tooling, and processes within your team, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

Desirable

Experience with real-time data processing and familiarity with event-driven architectures would be a plus. You understand the importance of monitoring and improving database and pipeline performance, and you are eager to learn and adapt to new technologies as they emerge in the field.

What you'll do

In this role, you will be responsible for building and expanding data pipelines and data products that support various product lines, including Experimentation, Release observability, Metrics, Product Analytics, and Flag Insights. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that the data products you develop meet the needs of both internal stakeholders and external customers.

You will monitor and improve the performance of databases and data pipelines, ensuring they operate efficiently and effectively. Writing unit, integration, and load tests will be a key part of your responsibilities, as will participating in code reviews to uphold the quality of the codebase. You will also write and review technical proposals, contributing to the overall technical direction of the team.

As part of our you-build-it-you-run-it culture, you will support the pipelines in production, including participating in an on-call rotation. This hands-on approach ensures that you remain engaged with the systems you build and allows you to quickly address any issues that arise in production.

What we offer

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in empowering teams to deliver and control the best software. You will be part of a dynamic team that values collaboration and innovation. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, along with opportunities for professional growth and development. Join us in shaping the future of software delivery and data management.