Backend Engineer - Financial Platform
HoneyBook is the leading client relationship platform for independent businesses. It powers billions of client interactions through tools for attracting leads, connecting with clients, booking projects, and managing payments. With HoneyBook, any independent professional can scale themselves and their business. Since the company was founded in 2013, HoneyBook members have built over 25 million client relationships and processed $11+ billion in payments on the platform. By providing an integrated suite of tools, HoneyBook simplifies workflow for independent professionals, serving as a center of gravity that streamlines operations from initial contact to final payment.
Our culture is built on five core values that inform everything we do. We encourage collaboration, feedback, ownership, and have a growth mindset. We know experience comes in many forms, some visible on your resume, others not. No one candidate will be a 100% perfect match to our description, so if you thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually-charged environment and have similar experience to what we are looking for, we encourage you to apply.
Our team is growing and as we’re re-building our core financial platform we’re looking for a talented Backend Engineer to join us.
Here are a few of the things you will do:
As a platform engineer, you’ll be working on our payment foundation alongside our experienced engineers, product managers and data analysts who work closely together with the ultimate goal of creating a seamless experience for HoneyBook’s customers.
You will be responsible for helping to craft the future of our service from the financial rails perspective. We’re using state-of-the art technology to build our financial foundation for the next decade so you will be working closely with people across engineering, product, member experience and operations to help develop an amazing experience for our customers.
Here is what we’re looking for in a candidate:
- 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
- Test-oriented problem solver.
- Experience with NoSQL DB.
- Enthusiasm for working on an infrastructure, serving the product teams across the organization.
- Grasp of the big picture: HoneyBook is on a mission to improve the way our users work and to revolutionize the entire independent industry.
- Team player, strong communication skills, egoless, transparent and positive attitude.
- Ability to take ownership and make an impact.
- Proficient in Go/Golang - an advantage.
- Experience building microservice-based and event-driven architectures - an advantage.
- Experience with building financial products - an advantage.
The good stuff:
Mission-driven: You'll be joining more than just another startup. Our members’ success is at the heart of everything we do.Impact: We move quickly and encourage every employee to push the envelope. Our best ideas come from out-of-the-box thinking and innovation; be ready to fail fast and often!Compensation: We offer a competitive salary and meaningful equity grants.Benefits & perks: From wellness programs to exceptional family leave policies, the health and happiness of our employees are foremost.
Our core values:
People come first: We prioritize people as we explore opportunities and work through challenges.Raise the bar: We push for greatness—for ourselves, each other, and our members.Own it: Trust and ownership let us make decisions with confidence.We love what we do: We bring passion to our work and love what we create for our members.Keep it real: Authenticity, respect, and transparency are at our core.
The opportunity at HoneyBook is huge. Our primary customers today are creative businesses that generate $150B in revenue per year in the US. Founded in 2013, HoneyBook is based in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, has raised $498M, and is funded by Tiger Global Management, Norwest Venture Partners, Aleph, Hillsven Capital, OurCrowd, Durable Capital Partners LP, Vintage Investment Partners, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Zeev Ventures, and 01 Advisors.
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