Honeycomb tech stack

Honeycomb builds mostly with Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, React.js, OpenTelemetry, TheHive. LLM is named in 5 of the 19 job postings Honeycomb published in the last 12 months (26%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Honeycomb, updated Oct 10, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Oct 10, 2026
Technologies in use
23
Postings analysed
19
Open now
18
Modernity
86 /100
New in 6 months
2

What programming languages does Honeycomb use?

Go is named in 16% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by TypeScript (16%), JavaScript (16%), SQL (11%).

Go 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
TypeScript 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
JavaScript 3 16% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
SQL 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Sep 2026

What frameworks and libraries does Honeycomb use?

React.js is named in 16% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by OpenTelemetry (16%), LangChain (5%).

React.js 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
OpenTelemetry 3 16% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
LangChain 1 5% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What cloud and platforms does Honeycomb use?

Kubernetes is named in 21% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by TheHive (11%).

Kubernetes 4 21% required in 50% · 4 open now · since Jun 2026
TheHive 2 11% required in 50% · 2 open now · since Oct 2026

What developer tools does Honeycomb use?

Claude Code is named in 16% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by Copilot (16%), Cursor (16%), Model Context Protocol (11%).

Claude Code 3 16% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Copilot 3 16% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Cursor 3 16% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Model Context Protocol 2 11% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Aider 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Microsoft Excel 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Sep 2026
Braintrust 1 5% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What AI and ML technologies does Honeycomb use?

LLM is named in 26% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by Claude (5%).

LLM 5 26% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Claude 1 5% optional · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

Which engineering practices does Honeycomb ask for?

AI Agents is named in 16% of job postings at Honeycomb, followed by Prompt Engineering (16%), RAG (16%), CI/CD (5%).

AI Agents 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Prompt Engineering 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
RAG 3 16% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
CI/CD 1 5% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
SLI/SLO/SLA 1 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2026

What does each Honeycomb team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

5 postings
LLM3
Model Context Protocol2

AI/ML

3 postings
Go3
React.js3
TypeScript3
LLM2

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How is the Honeycomb stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
TheHiveOct 2026
SQLSep 2026

How modern is the Honeycomb stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 86/100

Honeycomb scores 86 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Honeycomb stack in its industry?

Share of the 129 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

LLM54%
Kubernetes56%
Go42%
JavaScript62%
OpenTelemetry27%
React.js43%
TypeScript56%
SQL53%
TheHive1%
Claude35%

Honeycomb products in its job postings

Postings at Honeycomb name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Honeycomb19

Questions about the Honeycomb tech stack

What programming languages does Honeycomb use?

The languages named in Honeycomb job postings are Go (16%), TypeScript (16%), JavaScript (16%), SQL (11%), as a share of the 19 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Honeycomb use React.js?

Yes. React.js is named in 3 of 19 job postings (16%) and required in 3 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Honeycomb use?

The cloud and platforms named in Honeycomb job postings are Kubernetes (4), TheHive (2) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Honeycomb?

Backend postings at Honeycomb most often require LLM (3), Model Context Protocol (2), out of 5 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Honeycomb tech stack changing?

Yes. TheHive, SQL first appeared in Honeycomb job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Honeycomb tech stack?

Honeycomb scores 86 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Honeycomb tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Honeycomb publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 19 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 10, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Honeycomb tech stack: 23 technologies from 19 job postings", as of Oct 10, 2026. https://alion.io/company/honeycomb-io/technologies

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