About the role
HoneyBook is the leading AI-powered business management platform for service-based business owners. Designed to enhance—not replace—independent professionals, HoneyBook’s AI-powered tools help businesses attract leads, connect with clients, book projects, and manage payments more efficiently. With AI seamlessly integrated into every workflow, entrepreneurs can focus on their craft while scaling their businesses with confidence. Since its founding in 2013, HoneyBook has powered over 25 million client relationships and processed more than $12 billion in transactions, helping independent businesses grow faster and smarter.
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.
We are looking for a talented Architect to join us. As a Data Architect, you will be the organizational point of contact for all things related to data persistence and architecture. You will work closely with engineering teams across the Product, Platform, and Data groups to design, govern, and evolve our data models, databases, and data-related systems. Your goal will be to ensure scalability, reliability, security, and efficiency for all data storage and retrieval across the organization.
A few of the things you will do:
- Be the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for data persistence across the entire engineering organization.
- Define and govern the data architecture strategy, standards, and best practices for relational, NoSQL, and data warehouse systems.
- Partner with engineering teams from product, platform, and data groups to design and implement scalable and robust data models for new and existing services.
- Lead the design and optimization of the organization’s data flows. You will help to ensure that data moves efficiently, consistently, and with high quality across all systems and domains.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and data solutions to meet evolving business needs.
- Drive initiatives to improve data quality, consistency, and integrity across all production systems, from ideation to hands-on execution.
- Establish, maintain, and communicate documentation for all data models and architectural decisions.
What is needed:
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a dedicated Data Architect or Principal Database Engineer role.
- Deep expertise in designing and scaling complex transactional and analytical data systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, NoSQL databases like Cassandra or MongoDB).
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and their impact on data persistence.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions 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 events industry.
- Team player with strong communication skills, an egoless and transparent approach, and a positive attitude.
The good stuff:
- Mission-driven: You'll be joining more than just another startup - our members are 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 + meaningful equity based on merit.
- Benefits + Perks: From wellness programs to exceptional family leave policies, the health and happiness of our employees is 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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