# Backend Engineer, Observability at LaunchDarkly

- Company: LaunchDarkly
- What the company does: LaunchDarkly helps teams safely manage code and AI agents in production with feature flags, progressive delivery, automated rollback, and runtime control. Backed by Bessemer, Insight and 500 Global.
- Company website: https://launchdarkly.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Remote - US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $171K to $235K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/launchdarkly/jobs/7985794003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/launchdarkly-backend-engineer-observability/

## About the role

LaunchDarkly is looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and expand Vega, our AI-powered platform that surfaces insights and automates actions across LaunchDarkly products. This is a greenfield opportunity: you'll help evolve Vega from an Observability-focused assistant into a cross-product platform that serves Feature Management customers and powers a new, usage-based SKU.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production-quality backend systems
- Proficient in Go (or a similar language like Java, Rust, or C++) and experienced designing APIs and distributed services
- Experience building or integrating LLM-powered features, agents, or AI-driven workflows
- Experience with data-intensive systems—streaming pipelines, columnar stores (e.g., ClickHouse), or high-volume ingest is a strong plus
- Strong product instincts: you care about how your systems are used and can translate ambiguous requirements into clean, well-scoped solutions
- Collaborative and communicative—you work well across teams and functions, and you're comfortable navigating ambiguity

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