Senior Software Engineer I - Frontend Observability - Remote

Overview

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!

In Short

• Contribute to a greenfield UI project including a new visualization for session data
• Build and maintain instrumentation libraries for web and mobile (Javascript, Android, Swift, React Native)
• Write code across the full application stack, primarily in React, TypeScript, and Golang
• Contribute to OpenTelemetry instrumentation for web and mobile
• Pair, review code, and support teammates through mentoring and feedback
• Operate in a fast-moving team that balances delivery with long-term technical quality
• Participate in OSS discussions and working groups over time

Requirements

• Deep experience in frontend development with modern web frameworks (examples: React, Next.js)
• Comfort with writing quality code and curiosity about writing instrumentation
• A flexible growth mindset — you know when to polish and when to experiment
• Clear, open communication — we value feedback as a core engineering skill
• A strong sense of teamwork and experience working in cross-functional teams
• Interest in contributing to OpenTelemetry
• Bonus: Experience in Golang, Flutter, open source contributions, mobile development

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
• 100% employee/75% for dependents coverage for all benefits
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of path to parenthood
• Annual development allowance
• And much more...