Staff Backend Engineer, Guardian

LaunchDarkly is looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to play a key role in shaping the future of software delivery at LaunchDarkly at the intersection of Releases and Observability on the Guardian team. In a world where agents are delivering code faster and more reliably, releasing safely is no longer optional infrastructure; it’s a competitive advantage. The Guardian team is focused on making every release safer, faster, and more reliable. Our mission is to redefine how software is released: automating release processes, measuring the real-time impact of feature rollouts, and simplifying debugging when things go wrong. From automated release pipelines to metrics monitoring, error tracking, and fully automated rollbacks, our work ensures every code change is measured, and the entire release process from rollout to issue mitigation is managed for maximum efficiency and reliability. We are solving critical challenges in modern software delivery: reducing the time it takes to detect regressions, automating responses to minimize risk, and eliminating manual effort. We extensively use the products we build, allowing us to create our own ideal release process while shaping the developer experience for teams across the industry. If you’re interested in building the systems that help software teams ship safely at scale, we’d love to work with you.

Responsibilities

Prototyping / 0-to-1 innovation, lead the exploration and prototyping of new product concepts at the intersection of feature flags and observability, from integrations to new implementations; Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional partners (product, design, data science, and engineering) to architect and advance our observability products; Stay at the forefront of development trends, observability, and data-driven product evolution, bringing deep expertise to suggest and implement forward-thinking improvements in tools, processes, and methodologies; Proactively identify opportunities for product and user experience improvements, leveraging data insights and feedback to propose innovative, well-reasoned solutions

Requirements

12+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production-quality full-stack features; Experience with observability systems, statistical analysis pipelines, and event-based metrics infrastructure; Strong architectural understanding of data platforms, backend services, and cloud-native infrastructure; Experience leading 0-to-1 product development, taking ambiguous problem spaces from exploration through proof of concept to validated direction; Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with minimal direction, comfortable defining what to build, not just how to build it; Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Benefits

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs); health insurance; vision insurance; dental insurance; mental health benefits