Senior Software Engineer I - OpenTelemetry

Senior Software Engineer I - OpenTelemetry

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!

The OpenTelemetry team works in collaboration with the open source community to advance the standard for observability. You will help us build and improve open source SDKs and tools across a variety of programming languages, work with open standards around tracing and instrumentation, and enable our customers to quickly and easily get their most valuable data into Honeycomb. You will contribute to a vibrant open source community and work directly with customers to influence changes to our products.

What you'll do in the role :

• Build open-source libraries and integrations with OpenTelemetry. You will work on new and existing tools that generate telemetry data, including Honeycomb libraries and other open-source projects. You will help ensure the ongoing success of the broader observability ecosystem.
• Create a good developer experience. You'll be working to innovate and improve tooling across the ecosystem to reduce the burden placed on end users. You'll do well if you are the kind of engineer who enjoys thinking about how to make code and documentation that other engineers are delighted to work with.
• Collaborate with community, and peers. You'll be working with open-source community members, and other Honeycomb R&D members including product, engineering, and design. The best candidate is probably someone who enjoys collaborating to help ensure a stellar experience in our product across a variety of areas.
• Scope and deliver projects independently. You're comfortable breaking down complex problems into achievable steps, surfacing trade-offs, and pulling in teammates when needed. You take ownership end-to-endfrom design to production supportreducing toil and ensuring delivering measurable customer and business impact.
• Help increase the adoption of OpenTelemetry. You will work with a wide variety of teams to assist them in identifying areas where adopting OpenTelemetry may benefit them. You will increase awareness of the project and its influence in the community through engagement and documentation.

What you'll bring to the role :

4 years of professional experience).

Base Salary based on level of experience

113,500 - 133,500 GBP

What you'll get when you join the Hive :

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