# Backend Engineer, Observability

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/7497456d-6d07-4bb8-b2e2-a30eb69bafcf

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

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Remote - US
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 145500 – 235400 USD per year

## Summary

LaunchDarkly is hiring a backend engineer to build and expand Vega, an AI-powered platform that automates insights and actions across their product suite. This role suits experienced engineers who enjoy working on greenfield infrastructure projects involving LLMs, high-throughput data systems, and cross-functional collaboration.

_Our summary, not LaunchDarkly's wording._

## Skills named

ClickHouse, Data Pipelines, Go

## Required

- 5+ years of professional backend software engineering
- Proficiency in Go or similar languages (Java, Rust, C++)
- Experience designing APIs and distributed services
- Experience building or integrating LLM-powered features or AI workflows

## Nice to have

- Experience with data-intensive systems and high-volume ingest
- Experience with ClickHouse or columnar stores
- Familiarity with LaunchDarkly, feature flagging, or observability tooling
- Experience with usage-based product surfaces
- Experience with sandboxing or isolation technologies
- Experience with developer tooling

Apply on LaunchDarkly's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/launchdarkly/jobs/7985794003