[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer I - Frontend Observability - Mobile/SDK @Honeycomb.io

Role Description

This role involves building and maintaining Honeycomb’s Frontend SDKs, which power instrumentation across mobile, web, and backend applications. You will shape the developer experience for thousands of engineers, collaborating closely with the OpenTelemetry community and internal product teams.

• Help design, build, and maintain Honeycomb SDKs across multiple platforms (web, mobile).
• Collaborate closely with the OpenTelemetry community and other open source projects.
• Define and evolve SDK architecture and API design with a focus on usability and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with internal teams to ensure instrumentation is reliable, efficient, and easy to integrate.
• Write clear, developer-friendly documentation and examples.
• Review code, mentor peers, and help foster a healthy open source culture at Honeycomb.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering experience (typically 5+ years), with at least a few years building mobile applications, SDKs, developer tools, or libraries used by other engineers.
• Comfortable working in open source communities — reviewing pull requests, engaging with contributors, and maintaining high-quality public codebases.
• Experience with observability tools (OpenTelemetry, tracing, metrics, logs).
• Passionate about making developers’ lives better through thoughtful API design and clear documentation.
• Comfortable balancing pragmatic delivery with long-term maintainability.

Requirements

• Bonus points for using or building mobile SDKs or frameworks (Android, iOS, or cross-platform).
• Experience with one or more of Flutter, Kotlin, Swift, or TypeScript.
• Prior contributions to SDKs used by large developer communities.
• Familiarity with backend observability pipelines or instrumentation standards.

Benefits

• The opportunity to shape the SDK strategy for a category-defining observability company.
• A collaborative, remote-first culture where engineers own their work end-to-end.
• Support to engage in open source, speak at conferences, and contribute to community standards.
• Base Salary based on level of experience: $160,000 — $180,000 USD.
• A stake in our success - generous equity with employee-friendly stock program.
• 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.
• And much more...