Engineering Manager, Experimentation
About The Position
LaunchDarkly’s Experimentation team is building one of the company’s most strategic product areas: a platform that helps leading engineering organizations move beyond intuition and make product decisions with real statistical confidence. Sitting at the intersection of large-scale systems, data science, and user experience, the team is creating a best-in-class experimentation product that lets customers set up, manage, and analyze experiments with ease while still earning the trust of even the most rigorous data teams. From warehouse-native analysis to experimentation workflows built on top of LaunchDarkly’s massive feature management scale, this team is tackling ambitious technical problems with visible customer impact and a clear opportunity to define the future of modern software experimentation. As the Engineering Manager, you'll bring a balance of people management and technical leadership as you drive the development of the multiple services that power this product and foster a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years managing a team of backend or infrastructure engineers
- Proven ability to partner with Product Management to translate business goals into engineering plans with reliable estimations
- Strong communication skills, especially in distributed team environments with cross-timezone collaboration
- Track record of coaching and developing engineers, including performance management, career growth planning, and technical mentorship
- Familiarity with observability practices (metrics, tracing, alerting, structured logging) and comfort with production incident response
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Go or comparable backend languages (Java, Python, Rust) is a plus
- Familiarity with data warehouse platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks) and data pipeline tooling (Airflow, Prequel) is a plus
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career growth opportunities
- Partner with PM and Design to scope, estimate, and sequence roadmap items, making scope tradeoffs in real time.
- Own the team's delivery of features, ensuring completion within timelines and quality requirements.
- Collaborate with adjacent teams (Warehouse Integrations, Metrics, and Guardian) on shared infrastructure decisions and cross-team dependencies
- Communicate roadmaps, risks, and progress clearly to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
- Build team working norms that promote collaboration, reduce silos, and keep engineers engaged
- Drive operational excellence — improve reliability, observability, and incident response for production data infrastructure
- Participate in hiring to grow the team and raise the engineering bar
Benefits
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- mental health benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
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