Backend Engineer, Monetization

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not Specified
• Job Type: Not Specified
• Salary:
  • Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or New York City Metropolitan Area (if not Bay area specific role): $167,000 - $210,000
  • Zone 2: Boston, DC, Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle: $150,200 - $190,000
  • Zone 3: All other US locations: $141,900 - $180,000 Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Includes Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

The Billing and Internal Systems team is responsible for building and maintaining solutions that enable LaunchDarkly’s core monetization strategies. Our investments span pricing and packaging, account management and provisioning, usage-based billing, and quote-to-cash systems. As a member of this team, you will directly influence the company’s operations, collaborating closely with stakeholders from Revenue, Finance, and Product teams. You will also drive enhancements to our customer-facing billing and usage systems, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and a seamless experience.

Requirements

• 5 or more years of Backend engineering experience
• Demonstrable experience with server-side web development (e.g., in Java / Scala, Ruby, Python, Golang)
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale production systems
• Familiarity with computer science fundamentals such as data structures, distributed systems, concurrency, and threading
• A commitment to working in a communicative and collaborative environment
• You write code that can be easily understood by others, with an eye towards maintainability
• You value high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
• Familiarity with networking technologies (TCP, HTTP, web sockets, server-sent events, etc.)

About You

• Thrives working at the intersection of people, process, and technology
• Passion for translating complex business needs into simple, detail-oriented solutions
• Balances strategic thinking with meticulous attention to detail, particularly in areas like billing where precision and data integrity are critical
• Comfortable navigating a dynamic, fast-paced environment, motivated by results, and energized by the direct impact your work will have on both internal teams and the overall satisfaction of LaunchDarkly’s customers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain backend services and APIs, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security for Billing and Internal Systems.
• Build and deliver new features, ensuring they meet the functional and technical requirements, while keeping an eye on performance and user experience.
• Design robust and scalable APIs to support new and existing features, focusing on reliability, speed, and minimal latency.
• Continuously improve system performance, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and optimize code for maximum efficiency, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Monitor and enhance the resilience of our systems, proactively identifying and addressing potential vulnerabilities and performance issues.
• Work closely with frontend engineers to ensure smooth integration between backend systems and user interfaces.
• Use in-depth evaluation of variable factors to determine optimal solutions for complex engineering problems, balancing innovative approaches with practical constraints.

About LaunchDarkly

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