# Staff Backend Engineer, Guardian

Hiring organization: [LaunchDarkly](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/launchdarkly)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5cd28bc9-2f80-40b1-918e-eac4b961e0d2

Listed on LaunchDarkly's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: Remote - US
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 182600 – 295350 USD per year

## Summary

LaunchDarkly seeks a Staff Backend Engineer to lead innovation in their Guardian platform, combining release management with observability systems. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable defining ambiguous technical problems and driving 0-to-1 product development with minimal direction.

_Our summary, not LaunchDarkly's wording._

## Skills named

Statistical Analysis

## Required

- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience with observability systems and event-based metrics infrastructure
- Strong architectural understanding of data platforms and backend services
- Experience leading 0-to-1 product development from exploration to validated direction
- Ability to work autonomously with minimal direction

Apply on LaunchDarkly's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/launchdarkly/jobs/7693834003