Senior Software Engineer II – Agentic Intelligence

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Create and implement production-ready agents that analyze, reason through, and take action on live observability data within Canvas.

• Advance agents from initial rough drafts to full production deployment and user traffic.

• Define the scope, create, launch, and uphold agents along with their evaluations.

• Engage in full-stack development activities.

• Utilize Honeycomb’s high-cardinality data store to develop agents capable of cross-service correlation, tracing investigations, and deployment comparisons.

• Enhance Canvas, the MCP server, and Canvas Skills with features such as memory, spatial awareness, and improved Bedrock-loop performance.

• Establish measurable and maintainable quality standards for agents and convey their limitations.

• Investigate projects including collaborative agents, automated SLO-burn investigations, and specialized domain skills.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in delivering LLM-based systems that are actively utilized in production environments.

• Understanding of agent system failure modes and strategies for designing around them.

• Capacity to independently transform work from a rough prototype to a production-level solution.

• Informed perspectives on developments in agent design over the past six to twelve months.

• Knowledge of agent architecture and the influence of fast, high-cardinality data stores on agent reasoning.

• Demonstrated product judgment through working prototypes.

• Background in observability or developer tools is a plus.

• Familiarity with evaluation frameworks, agent tools, RAG, and prompt engineering is advantageous.

• Must confirm identity and eligibility for employment.

• Honeycomb is currently unable to sponsor or facilitate visa transfers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous equity options through an employee-friendly stock program.

• Transparent compensation structure based on experience levels.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Culture and mindset that prioritizes distributed work.

• Stipend for home office setup, co-working spaces, and internet expenses.

• Comprehensive benefits package for employees, with additional options available for dependents.

• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, irrespective of the path to parenthood.

• Annual allowance for personal development.

• Reasonable accommodations provided throughout the hiring process.