Senior Software Engineer 1 - Launch Team

honeycomb.io; Canada; Remote; CAD 218,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is redefining observability for developers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be instrumental in shaping the onboarding experience for enterprise customers. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a talented team, where you'll contribute to full-stack development and help users unlock the value of their observability data. With a remote-first culture, unlimited PTO, and a focus on personal growth, this position is perfect for those who thrive in collaborative environments and are eager to learn. Be part of a dynamic team that values innovation and inclusivity.

Benefits

Generous equity with employee-friendly stock program

Unlimited PTO and paid sabbatical

Home office, co-working, and internet stipend

100% employee/75% for dependents coverage for all benefits

Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave

Annual development allowance

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in software engineering with full-stack experience.
• Familiar with observability principles and production systems.

Responsibilities

• Own full-stack feature development across React/TypeScript frontend and Go backend.
• Assist in shaping the technical direction and roadmap.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Go

Observability principles

Collaboration

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Telemetry tools

Job description

Senior Software Engineer 1 - Launch Team

Remote - Canada

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! 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!

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 liveour 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 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

Little more about the team:

The Launch team is shaping Honeycomb’s Day 0 to Day 1 experience for our Enterprise customers. This critical path is where new users discover the value in their data and start building stronger observability habits. Our mission is to onboard and level up teams by helping them understand and observe their systems more effectively. We do this by creating intuitive and insightful entry points like Home, Boards, and Service Map. Our work shapes how teams learn the Honeycomb way, visualize their system behavior, and standardize team-wide observability practices that scale. We work closely with product, design, and platform teams to ensure these experiences are scalable and deeply aligned with our customers’ needs.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Own full-stack feature development across our React/TypeScript frontend and Go backend, delivering experiences that help Honeycomb users find value in their observability data.
• Own the performance of systems like Boards, Service Map, and Home by participating in our on-call rotation and triaging incidents and customer inquiries when necessary.
• Assist in shaping the technical direction and roadmap by contributing to architecture decisions, leading projects, and supporting features from discovery through delivery.
• Assist the team by pairing, reviewing code, and identifying opportunities to pay down tech debt while raising the bar for how we own and maintain our software in production.
• Teach best practices and design patterns by participating in our team’s leveling-up workshops to grow our team’s skillset in building and monitoring our software.
• Learn through cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to turn customer needs into product features.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• A strong foundation in software engineering with experience working full-stack. You may be more comfortable in React/TypeScript or Go, but you are eager to work across the stack and deepen your skills where needed.
• Familiar with observability principles and tooling. You have worked with systems in production, used telemetry to debug issues, and understand how to own the software you build.
• Experience participating in on-call rotations and able to handle production incidents when they occur. You view these as opportunities to learn.
• A collaborative mindset. You enjoy pairing, giving thoughtful code reviews, and supporting the team in making technical decisions.
• A strength in communicating with our cross-functional partners, like product managers and designers. You can adapt your message to the audience.
• You are curious and continuously seek to improve yourself, the product, and the team. We love to iterate on our processes and the product we are building. Feedback is fuel for growth.

Base pay (range) of CAD $218,891.94 - $245,946.00 based on level of experience

What you'll get when you join the Hive:

• 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...

Please note we cannot currently sponsor or support visa transfers at this time. Additionally, in compliance with applicable law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work.

Diversity & Accommodations:

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.

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