Honeycomb.io

Senior Software Engineer I - App Observability

Remote - United States · Senior

Work authorization required$160k-$180kDetected 12 days ago

TypeScriptReactBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentCode ReviewAPI DevelopmentCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

You'll think proactively about cost, scale, and risk, weighing tradeoffs when making decisions.
You'll contribute to the team's technical roadmap and help shape quarterly product roadmaps, tying technical considerations to business outcomes.
You'll participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliable operations and proactively address user pain points.

Responsibilities

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Design, build, and deliver backend systems and APIs.
You'll architect and implement APIs and backend services in Go, emphasizing clarity, maintainability, and backward compatibility.
Build and maintain full-stack product features.
Collaborate across disciplines.
You'll work closely within a product triad model alongside design and product partners, from discovery through delivery, iterating quickly based on user feedback.
Ownership and autonomy. You proactively identify problems, propose solutions, and deliver your teams projects end-to-end. You tackle tech debt proactively and can debug the toughest issues through the entire stack.
We maintain an on-call rotation and work hard to keep it from becoming a bad experience.

Requirements

You'll contribute frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Go) code to build robust product features, maintaining proficiency across the stack.
You know when to shift between forward-looking feature work and production needs.

Nice to have

experience with AI-assisted development.
You're proficient with AI coding tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) or are excited to incorporate them into your workflow.
We're actively exploring how AI can accelerate our development practices.
What you'll get when you join the Hive:
It's not about how strong of a negotiator you are - our pay is based on transparent levels relative to experience
A distributed-first mindset and culture (really!)
And much more...
Additionally, in compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work.

Skills

What We're Building
Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do!

Compensation

Annual development allowance

Benefits

A stake in our success - generous equity with employee-friendly stock program
Time to recharge with unlimited PTO
Home office, co-working, and internet stipend
Full benefits coverage for employees, with additional coverage available for dependents
Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of path to parenthood
Bonus points if you want to fold that experience into the Honeycomb product itself.

Company info

We come for the impact, and stay for the culture! We're a talented, opinionated, passionate, fiercely inclusive, and responsible group of bees. We have conviction and we strive to live our values every day. We want our people to do what they truly love amongst a team of highly talented (but humble) peers.
How We Work
We are a fully distributed company, which means we believe it is not where you sit, but how you deliver that matters most. We invest in our people and care about how you orient to our culture and processes. At the same time we imbue a lot of trust, autonomy, and accountability from Day 1. #LI-Remote
Little more about the team:
As a Senior Software Engineer I on the App O11y team, you'll be joining a team focused on delivering the core observability capabilities that power Honeycomb.
Our ownership spans across querying, metrics, anomaly detection, and high-level analysis - the foundational workflows customers use to bring their telemetry to Honeycomb and investigate issues.
in the role:
Design, build, and deliver backend systems and APIs. You'll architect and implement APIs and backend services in Go, emphasizing clarity, maintainability, and backward compatibility. You'll think proactively about cost, scale, and risk, weighing tradeoffs when making decisions.
Build and maintain full-stack product features. You'll contribute frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Go) code to build robust product features, maintaining proficiency across the stack. You'll deliver impactful features that add value for our customers, our team, and Honeycomb overall.
Provide technical leadership. Lead delivery of complex projects within the team, partnering with other teams and engineers as needed. We rotate tech lead responsibilities with each feature to allow everyone on the team to use and grow these skills.
Collaborate across disciplines. You'll work closely within a product triad model alongside design and product partners, from discovery through delivery, iterating quickly based on user feedback. You'll contribute to the team's technical roadmap and help shape quarterly product roadmaps, tying technical considerations to business outcomes.
Support and own your software in production. You'll participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliable operations and proactively address user pain points. You know when to shift between forward-looking feature work and production needs.
Communicate clearly and multiply your impact. Regular written and verbal communication, collaboration, and feedback are foundational skills you'll use daily - your goal is to make everyone around you more effective.
What you'll bring to the role:

Equal opportunity

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace-where people of all backgrounds, identities, experiences, and abilities are welcomed, valued, and supported.
We recognize that there is no single path to success and embrace nontraditional career journeys and diverse perspectives as key to building stronger, more innovative teams.
We strive to ensure an inclusive experience throughout every stage of our hiring process and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations as needed.
If you require accommodations or accessible formats at any point during our hiring process, please let your recruiter know.

Visa & Work Authorization

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