[Hiring] SDK Software Engineer @LaunchDarkly

Role Description

As a Software Engineer on LaunchDarkly’s SDK team, you will build the primary touchpoint that our customers interact with on a daily basis. You’ll work with multiple technologies across our 35+ SDKs while enabling customers of all kinds to feature flag their code.

• Contribute to development for SDKs in supported platforms
• Implement new features and improvements to meet customer performance and resiliency requirements
• Keep up to date with the latest development practices
• 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
• Polyglot background with an ability to context switch between languages quickly
• 5+ years experience with at least two of the following: .NET/Go/Ruby/Python/NodeJS/Java
• Experience with the following is a plus: C++/Erlang/Haskell/Lua, AI SDKs, Observability SDKs, Mobile development
• 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

Logistics

• This is a remote role, with opportunities to visit the office in Bay Area California
• The SDK team is spread between Eastern and Pacific time zones

Highlights

• You will work collaboratively with a team of highly experienced engineers who are amazing at the craft of engineering and building SDKs
• Your contributions will be publicly visible as the SDK team develops LaunchDarkly’s open-source SDKs in public
• LaunchDarkly uses our own SDKs. You will have opportunities working with the other teams within LaunchDarkly
• In this role, you can learn about many programming languages and frameworks
• You will have opportunities to strongly influence roadmap and prioritization

Pay

• Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones for Level 3:
• Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $171,200 - $235,400
• Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $154,100 - $211,860
• Zone 3: All other US locations - $145,500 - $200,090
• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.