Senior AI Engineer II

Honeycomb.io

79d • $205,000 - $255,000

About The Position

Honeycomb is a service for the near and present future, defining observability and raising expectations of what developer tools can do! We’re working with well known companies like HelloFresh, Slack, LaunchDarkly, and Vanguard and more across a range of industries. This is an exciting time in our trajectory, we’ve closed Series D funding, scaled past the 200-person mark, and were named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startups of 2022 and 2023! If you want to see what we’ve been up to, please check out these blog posts and Honeycomb.io press releases. We are a remote-first 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

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years building ML/AI-powered features in production.
• Deep expertise in LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and evaluation methods.
• Proficiency in backend development using Python, Go, Ruby, TypeScript or a similar language.
• Strong cross-functional skills and a track record of collaborating closely with PMs and designers.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-paced environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with observability tools, production infrastructure, or public contributions to the AI community.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end implementation of AI-powered product features, from prototypes to production.
• Handle prompt engineering, model tuning, and evaluation strategies to improve reliability and UX.
• Collaborate with product and design partners in defining and scoping AI-driven experiences.
• Teach best practices for working with LLMs, including prompt design and evaluation methodologies.
• Learn deeply about Honeycomb’s workflows and user problems to build truly helpful AI features.
• Iterate through fast feedback loops, experimentation, and sharing both wins and failures.

Benefits

• A stake in our success - generous equity with employee-friendly stock program
• It’s not about how strong of a negotiator you are - our pay is based on transparent levels relative to experience
• Time to recharge - Unlimited PTO and paid sabbatical
• A remote-first mindset and culture (really!)
• 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
• Annual development allowance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees