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$155,000 – $210,000
Listed on Honeycomb’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Honeycomb seeks a senior field engineer to partner with customers on observability strategy and execution, designing telemetry architectures and building production outcomes while advising engineering teams on instrumentation and data practices. This role combines long-term strategic advisory work with hands-on software delivery, suited for experienced engineers who enjoy both mentoring and shipping code.
Our summary, not Honeycomb’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- .NET
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- CircleCI
- GitHub Actions
- Go
- Helm
- Java
- JavaScript
- Kubernetes
- Microsoft Azure
- OpenTelemetry
- Python
- Ruby
- Terraform
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What they ask for
Required
- Deep understanding of OpenTelemetry and instrumentation ecosystem
- Experience in Software Development or System Operations
- Fluency in at least one of: Ruby, Python, Go, JavaScript, Java, or .NET
- Strong telemetry data modeling intuition
- Ability to understand application architecture for effective instrumentation
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills
Nice to have
- Previous experience in Customer Success, Technical Account Management, Sales Engineering, or Consulting
- Deep understanding of Distributed Tracing concepts
- Familiarity with multiple programming languages and frameworks
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms, Infrastructure-as-Code, and CI/CD platforms