Senior Software Engineer II - App Observability Team

Honeycomb.io

1d • Remote

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 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.
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 II 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.

Requirements

• Deep experience designing, building, and maintaining backend systems.
• Frontend proficiency with React and TypeScript.
• Experience leading complex technical projects.
• Ownership and autonomy.
• A track record of making others better.
• A collaborative and flexible mindset.
• Clear, open communication.
• An interest in observability and production culture.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deliver backend systems and APIs.
• Build and maintain full-stack product features.
• Provide technical leadership.
• Collaborate across disciplines.
• Support and own your software in production.
• Communicate clearly and multiply your impact.

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 with unlimited PTO
• A distributed-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
• And much more...

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed