SDK Software Engineer, LaunchDarkly
$145.5-235.4k
Salary dependent on location. + Restricted Stock Units
Feature management for software teams
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Feature management for software teams
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$145.5-235.4k
Salary dependent on location. + Restricted Stock Units
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower all teams to deliver and control their software.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable experience building libraries and packages used by other developers
- 5+ years experience with Python and Typescript
- Experience working with AI SDKs such as the OpenAI and Vercel AI SDKs
- 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
What the job involves
- As an SDK Engineer on LaunchDarkly’s AI Configs team, you'll build the primary touchpoint that our customers interact with on a daily basis. You’ll drive the development of the SDK that enables customers to control, monitor, and optimize their GenAI functionality
- You’ll primarily work in Python and Typescript, but you’ll also be exposed to other languages in LaunchDarkly’s stack
- Our SDKs are feature-rich agents with strong emphases on performance, concurrency, and resiliency – all while following idiomatic practices for their tech stack
- LaunchDarkly’s AI Configs team is on a mission to manage the complete software development lifecycle for GenAI features, from configuring to benchmarking to observing and beyond. This team has a huge opportunity ahead of it; we're growing fast and we need your help writing the next chapter in our story
- Contribute to the development of our open-source AI SDKs, including implementing new features and keeping up-to-date with the latest development practices
- Collaborate with our engineering and product teams to drive the implementation and release of major features
- Drive key improvements to key developer experience touch points within the SDK
- 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
Our take
Feature flags are a powerful software development tool, allowing teams to modify system behavior without changing code, therefore minimizing risk. If a business has a new feature they want to test, they can then roll it out to a small set of users before letting it go live. These companies can, for example, get quick feedback on the new feature and fix any bugs, or roll back any changes.
LaunchDarkly allows companies to run tests like this by activating the new code for only a small set of users prior to launch. Typically running these tests requires lots of developer time - a daunting and expensive prospect for most rapidly growing businesses - and can risk disruption to the user experience if testing takes place on the live product.
Demonstrating its value to businesses, the platform is used by the likes of IBM, Intuit and Atlassian. Recently it has seemed to focus on further scaling its growth as it develops towards being a leading business in the feature management space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
SERIES D
Jan 2020
$54m
LATE VC
Total funding: $330.3m
Company benefits
- Full Vision
- Full Dental
- Full Medical
- Flexible Schedule
- Healthy Lunches & Snacks
- Conference & Meetup Access
- Education Stipend
- Personalized Work Station
- Close to Public Transportation
- Bike Parking
- Team Activities
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Lakeside, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Edith Harbaugh
(Co-founder, Executive Chair & CEO)Worked as a Product Manager at Vignette, Monster Worldwide, and PlantSense. Previously Product Director at TripIt.
John Kodumal
(Co-founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding LaunchDarkly was Software Development Manager at Atlassian and Bytecode Anaylsis Architect for Coverity.
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