Honeycomb is a rapidly expanding, well-funded startup committed to setting the benchmark for excellence in the InsureTech industry. Our foundation is built on cutting-edge technology, but our greatest asset is our exceptional team of professionals. By seamlessly integrating AI, state-of-the-art technology, and profound human expertise, each member at Honeycomb plays a pivotal role in shaping our trajectory.
Honeycomb operates across 18 major states, covering 60% of the U.S. population, and manages insured assets exceeding $45 billion.
Having raised $36 million in its last B round in 2024, Honeycomb is expected to continue growing strongly and sustainably into 2025.
Join us and experience the tremendous impact you can make.
Job Overview
We’re looking for a hands-on Tech Lead to become the technical backbone of our engineering team. As our sole Tech Lead, you’ll play a central role in shaping how we build, grow, and scale our systems, practices, and people. This is a high-impact role for someone who loves coding, mentoring, and designing systems—and wants to influence engineering at a company-wide level.
What You’ll Do
- Be the go-to technical expert, helping to set the tone for engineering excellence and leading by example through hands-on contribution.
- Take end-to-end ownership of features and initiatives—spanning both the frontend and backend—in an agile, fast-paced environment.
- Partner with architects to translate architectural vision into actionable engineering plans, and ensure alignment across teams.
- Design and build core microservices and infrastructure, laying the technical foundation for our products and internal platforms.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and developers to turn ideas and requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Lead cross-team technical standards—defining, promoting, and enforcing best practices across code quality, design, and development workflows.
- Evaluate and deploy tools that improve developer productivity, system reliability, and team velocity.
- Act as a technical mentor and guide: support engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day decision-making.
- Work closely with team leaders to support and elevate their technical planning and execution.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of experience as a Full-Stack developer from a SaaS company.
- 4+ years of experience as a Technical Lead.
- Expert in Node.js, MongoDB, and microservices, with extensive experience in cloud architecture—including K8s, Firebase, GCP, Datadog, and similar platforms.
- B.Sc. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field from an accredited university.
- Independent but knows how to be professionally dominant in a team.
- Take ownership of features from frontend to backend, working in an agile environment to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Architect and build core micro-services, laying the foundation for our product and internal platforms.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other developers to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Continuously explore and evaluate new technologies and tools to improve efficiency and enhance the capabilities of our systems.
Top Skills
What We Do
Honeycomb was built to disrupt the real estate insurance industry. Using Artificial Intelligence and computer vision, we offer apartment buildings, condominium associations and single-family rental dwellings perfectly customized policies at unbeatable rates. Our digitally-native platform makes purchasing insurance an easy and transparent process for property owners, property managers associations directors, and retail agents.
