# Engineering Manager, Experimentation

**Company:** [Launchdarkly](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/launchdarkly)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $163k – $264k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Java, Python, Rust, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Databricks, Airflow, Observability, metrics, tracing, alerting, structured logging
**Posted:** 2026-07-29

> Lead a team of backend and infrastructure engineers building LaunchDarkly's Experimentation platform for statistically rigorous product decisions. Partner with PM/Design on roadmap delivery, drive operational excellence in data infrastructure, and coach engineers in a distributed environment.

## Job Description

## 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

## Qualifications
- 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
- 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

## Compensation
Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones for Level 2 (inclusive of a 10% Bonus Target):
- Zone 1 (San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle): $191,800 - $263,670
- Zone 2 (Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago): $172,600 - $237,270
- Zone 3 (All other US locations): $163,000 - $224,070

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

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