Honor

Home-care company + tech platform for senior in-home care; acquired Home Instead (1,100+ locations). Founded 2014, SF. Unicorn. Caregiving is in-home/local; corporate/tech roles remote-friendly.

Services Home Care / AgeTech (Senior Care)
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San Francisco, CA, USA (corporate; care work is in-home/local) HQ
1000+ company size
2014 founded

What is Honor?

Honor is a home-care company for older adults that pairs a real care business with a technology platform for the home-care industry. On one side, it delivers in-home care to seniors, help with daily living, mobility, companionship, and support that lets people age at home, provided by Care Professionals (caregivers). On the other, it has built the "Care Platform," software and operations that run home-care agencies (scheduling, matching caregivers to clients, billing, and quality), which is a major part of what Honor sells and operates. In 2021 Honor acquired Home Instead, a global home-care franchise network with more than 1,100 locations, creating what it describes as the largest in-home senior-care network in the western hemisphere. Honor was founded in 2014 in San Francisco by Seth Sternberg, who is CEO and previously co-founded Meebo (a messaging company sold to Google). It has raised a $70 million Series E and reached a valuation of more than $1.25 billion, making it a unicorn, backed by investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital. For anyone considering Honor, the most important thing to understand is that it has two very different kinds of jobs, described next.

Mission & values

Change the way society cares for older adults, by making high-quality in-home care and the technology behind it work better for seniors, families, and caregivers.

Qualifications

Honor's roles split into two clearly different groups, and the distinction matters a lot on a remote job board. First, Care Professionals (caregivers): these are the people who provide care in clients' homes. That work is inherently local and in-person, not remote, requires the relevant caregiver qualifications and background checks, and is hired market by market through Honor and the Home Instead network. If you are looking specifically for remote work, caregiving roles are not that. Second, corporate and technology roles at Honor: software engineering (backend, frontend, mobile, data, and platform), product management and design, data science, plus operations, care operations and support, finance, marketing, sales/partnerships (working with agencies and franchises), legal, and people. These corporate and tech roles are the ones that are often remote or hybrid. Application flow lives at honorcare.com (careers) for corporate roles, while caregiver roles are recruited locally through Honor and Home Instead. For corporate roles, experience in marketplaces, healthcare or home-care operations, or scaling technology and operations is a strong signal; roles generally require US work authorization. Check each posting.

Leadership

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Seth Sternberg

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Co-founded Honor in 2014 and leads it as CEO, building a home-care business and technology platform and acquiring Home Instead. Previously co-founded Meebo, a messaging company sold to Google.

Hiring process

  1. 1

    Apply (corporate at honorcare.com; caregiving locally)

    Corporate/tech: browse engineering, product, operations, and go-to-market roles on the Honor careers page. Caregiver roles are recruited locally through Honor and the Home Instead network, and are in-home, not remote.

  2. 2

    Recruiter screen

    Corporate: confirms role fit, level, US work authorization, remote/hybrid expectations, and pay. Caregiving: local screening plus background checks and any required certifications.

    About 7 days

  3. 3

    Skills or role-specific interview

    Corporate engineering: coding and system design. Product/ops: a case or scenario. Caregiving: an assessment of care experience and fit.

    About 10 days

  4. 4

    Team interviews / local onboarding

    Corporate: team interviews and offer. Caregiving: local onboarding to a market once cleared.

    About 10 days

  5. 5

    Offer

    Corporate: offer with base plus equity where applicable. Caregiving: hourly, in-home work scheduled around local client demand.

    About 7 days

Funding

StageSeries C+
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Thrive Capital Baillie Gifford

Awards & recognition

  • Acquired Home Instead (1,100+ locations), the largest in-home senior-care network in the western hemisphere · 2021

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  • Reached a valuation over $1.25B (unicorn) on a $70M Series E · 2021

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Company information

  • Industry: Home Care / AgeTech (Senior Care)
  • Location: San Francisco, CA, USA (corporate; care work is in-home/local)
  • Founded: 2014
  • Company size: 1000+
  • Website: www.honorcare.com ↗
  • LinkedIn: Company page ↗

Frequently asked questions

What does Honor do?
Honor is a home-care company for older adults plus a technology platform for the home-care industry. It delivers in-home senior care through Care Professionals and runs a Care Platform that powers home-care agencies. In 2021 it acquired Home Instead (1,100+ locations), creating the largest in-home senior-care network in the western hemisphere.
Are Honor jobs remote?
It depends on the role, and this is the key point. Caregiving (Care Professional) roles are in-home, local, and in-person, not remote. Honor's corporate and technology roles (engineering, product, operations, and so on) are the ones that are often remote or hybrid. If you want remote work, look at the corporate/tech roles, not caregiving.
Who founded and runs Honor?
It was founded in 2014 in San Francisco by Seth Sternberg, who is CEO and previously co-founded Meebo (sold to Google). It has raised a $70 million Series E at a valuation over $1.25 billion.
How do I become a caregiver with Honor?
Caregiver (Care Professional) roles are recruited locally, market by market, through Honor and the Home Instead network, and require the relevant qualifications and background checks. They are in-home, in-person jobs rather than remote positions.
What corporate roles does Honor hire?
Software engineering (backend, frontend, mobile, data, platform), product and design, data science, operations and care operations, support, finance, marketing, sales/partnerships with agencies and franchises, legal, and people functions, many of which can be remote or hybrid.

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