Engineering Manager, Experimentation

About the role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager for our Experimentation team. In this role, you'll lead the team that builds and operates the core Experimentation product, from setup to results processing and display. 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.

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
• 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

What you'll do

• 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
• Own the team's delivery of features, ensuring completion within timelines and quality requirements
• Collaborate with adjacent teams 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

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