Senior Software Engineer II - Storage

8 hours, 32 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Honeycomb.io

Honeycomb.io

Honeycomb.io provides a comprehensive observability platform designed for engineers to effectively debug and monitor distributed services, including microservices and serverless applications, facilitating collaborative problem-solving and enhancing ove...

Internet Software & Services
51-250
Founded 2016
$149M raised

Description

  • Design and implement solutions for Honeycomb’s query and data storage infrastructure.
  • Improve query performance, evolve the Retriever service, and strengthen storage reliability.
  • Scope and deliver complex projects independently from design through production support.
  • Collaborate with Product Management and engineering teams to connect technical solutions to product needs.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and support production services.
  • Define team KPIs and SLOs while proactively reducing operational toil.
  • Explore storage technologies and query optimization strategies for scale.
  • Pair with teammates, review code, provide constructive feedback, and mentor engineers.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across the technology stack.
  • Share knowledge and influence foundational engineering work across Honeycomb.

Requirements

  • Expertise writing Go and experience with high-throughput or complex systems.
  • Technical leadership designing patterns and guidelines that improve performance and reliability.
  • Experience with storage and querying systems; database engineering experience is preferred.
  • Comfort working with Kubernetes is preferred.
  • Ability to scope and deliver complex, multi-team projects with measurable customer and business impact.
  • Deep debugging skills for diagnosing and resolving production issues.
  • Strong mentorship, collaboration, and code review abilities.
  • Ability to make trade-offs based on customer and business outcomes.
  • Experience working effectively in a senior-heavy, distributed team.
  • Must be authorized to work without visa sponsorship or transfer support.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $250,000–$280,000 CAD, based on experience level.
  • Generous equity and an employee-friendly stock program.
  • Unlimited paid time off.
  • Fully distributed work environment.
  • Home office, coworking, and internet stipend.
  • Full employee benefits coverage, with dependent coverage available.
  • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood.
  • Annual professional development allowance.

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