Senior Software Engineer II - LLM Observability
Honeycomb.io
$183,340–$206,000
Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend-leaning full-stack engineer role on a team that builds the data infrastructure and telemetry model underpinning AI workload observability. Day-to-day work involves designing Go APIs and backend services, contributing React/TypeScript frontend features, and leading multi-team technical projects. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with technical leadership, mentoring, and on-call ownership.
Senior level · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $183,340–$206,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 9,000–22,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
The job title is simply 'Software Engineer' (no level modifier), but the compensation range ($183K–$206K), the expectation of leading multi-team projects, mentoring engineers, and shaping technical roadmaps all point to a Senior-level role in practice.
Go is the primary backend language; the posting accepts 'similar languages' as a substitution qualifier but Go is clearly the team's language and is stated with firm gating language throughout the requirements section.
React and TypeScript are required as frontend proficiency, though the posting notes backend is the primary expertise area.
OpenTelemetry and LangChain appear only in the team context/narrative section describing the team's domain, not in the candidate requirements — treated as preferred/contextual.
AI coding tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) are explicitly listed under 'Nice to have.'
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