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About the Role
The Platform organization is responsible for Sentry's core services and technical foundations, enabling all product and engineering teams. We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help lead the evolution of Sentry's platform, reporting to the VP of Engineering and collaborating across the company.
Responsibilities
- Architect the future of Sentry by translating business needs and product strategy into clear, scalable technical blueprints.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
- Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform org, owning them end-to-end and driving meaningful outcomes.
- Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers, sharing best practices, and setting high standards for system design, scalability, and operational quality.
- Review major architectural proposals and help ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health across the company.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
- 5+ years working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
- 3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
- Proven track record of leading cross-team, high-impact engineering projects.
- Ability to create production-quality proof-of-concept architectures and write high-quality code.
- Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.
Skills
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Service Mesh
- Kafka
- Real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam)
- OLAP/OLTP databases
- Blob storage
- Caching
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders
Experience Level
- Senior Staff
Salary/Compensations
- $260,000 to $400,000 plus up to 20% bonus
Benefits
- Up to 20% bonus
- Incentive compensation
- Equity grants
- Paid time off
- Group health insurance coverage
About the Company
- Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.
- Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.
Equal Opportunity
- Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristic.
- This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs, or (b) seek employment with Sentry.
- We strive to build a diverse team, with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive.
- Sentry is an open-source company because we believe that everyone, everywhere, should have the ability and tools to make great software.
- Software should be accessible. That starts with making our industry accessible.
- If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations@sentry.io.