Honeycomb is looking to solve the problem of making observability and debugging capabilities more accessible and intuitive for engineers, by designing and developing a primary data exploration interface that empowers all engineers, not just experts.
Requirements
- Experience designing for developer tools, APIs, or technical workflows, with a strong grasp of how application systems work and developer pain points.
- Curiosity and empathy for engineers and technical users, paired with a knack for turning research insights into practical, user-centered design decisions.
- Fluency in iterative design methods — from discovery and research through wireframing, prototyping, and validation — and the judgment to know which approach fits the problem at hand.
- Understanding of how underlying data structures influence user experience design, particularly in complex technical environments.
- A collaborative mindset: you thrive in triads and across disciplines, inviting feedback, busting silos, and helping shape product direction alongside PM, EM, and peers.
- Nice-to-have: Prior experience with observability, monitoring, APM, or DevOps tools.
- Fluency in design tools and technologies, such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe Creative Suite.
Responsibilities
- Build deep empathy for engineers and technical users who need to visualize, ask, and answer questions of their telemetry data to investigate and solve problems in their day-to-day work, understanding their goals and unmet needs.
- Drive an iterative design process through research, ideation, and rapid prototyping (including AI-driven prototypes), creating feedback loops with product and engineering.
- Collaborate within your triad to explore, experiment, and ship features in quick cycles — surfacing opportunities, mitigating risks, supporting prioritization and moving from concept to production.
- Define workflows, interaction models, and paths to value that make Honeycomb's powerful data exploration capabilities more accessible and intuitive.
- Conduct user research through interviews, usability testing, and other methodologies to validate design decisions and inform product direction, working directly with customers throughout the design process.
- Share your learnings, prototypes, and design perspective widely — helping to establish Honeycomb's design voice in the observability space and contributing to the broader design culture.
- Design experiences that showcase the unique power of Honeycomb to help engineers understand their systems better, faster, and with greater precision.
Other
- A bias toward learning and iteration: you treat every project as an experiment, adapt based on evidence, and consistently move work forward.
- Communication skills that make complex design ideas accessible and inspiring to diverse audiences.
- Ownership and autonomy: you bring a clear design point of view, identify opportunities proactively, and balance bold vision with pragmatic execution.
- Time to recharge - Unlimited PTO and paid sabbatical
- Please note we cannot currently sponsor or support visa transfers at this time.
