Senior Software Engineer Search and Storage
Senior Software Engineer Search and Storage
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About Sentry
Bad software is everywhere and were tired of it. Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster so we can get back to enjoying technology.
With more than $217 million in funding and 100000 organizations that believe were on to something were building performance and error monitoring tools that help companies like Disney Microsoft and Atlassian spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products.
Sentry embraces a hybrid work model with Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays set as inoffice anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration. If you like to selfishly build things that make your digital life better come help us build the next generation of software monitoring tools.
About Sentry
Bad software is everywhere and were tired of it. Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster so we can get back to enjoying technology. With more than $217 million in funding and 100000 organizations that believe were on to something were building performance and error monitoring tools that help companies like Disney Microsoft and Atlassian spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products. If you like to selfishly build things that make your digital life better come help us build the next generation of software monitoring tools.
About the role
The platform team at Sentry is responsible for following pieces of the infrastructure:
- Ingestion pipeline: This part ingests billions of events with subsecond latency. The current infrastructure uses mix of RabbitMQ celery. As we scale we would like you to help build and maintain a new streaming platform using Apache Kafka. You will be collaborating with product and other engineering leads to turn the streaming platform vision into reality.
- Data stores: We use ClickHouse as a primary database to store and query terabytes of data. With the advent of new analytics platform you would be pushing the limits of ClickHouse for efficient querying and ingestion. Additionally we use PostgreSQL for consistency and Redis for caching mechanism. As part of this role you will get a chance to show your true mettle in the database arena.
If you are looking for a highimpact role that involves building and maintaining infrastructure for really big data use cases this could be a job for you. You will get a chance to work with some of the topclass engineering talent and contribute to a product that is loved by millions of developers worldwide.
In this role you will:
- Build a new analytics platform and expand Search and Storage to build worldclass data delivery.
- Architect and automate services and systems to meet the demand of scale.
- Make architectural decisions to balance the wants and needs of Product and Engineering teams.
- Maintain and grow the teams code quality initiatives by regularly reviewing code and contributing to design decisions.
- Lead design and discussions around deliverables the team is working towards.
- Improve the approachability of the codebases that Search and Storage holds domain over.
Examples of projects our team has worked on:
- Snuba Sentrys new Search Infrastructure
- Mitigating Risk while Migrating to ClickHouse
- Getting Stronger Consistency out of a Datastore
Qualification
- 5 years relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of replicated and/or distributed data storage systems
- Experience with Python or a similar dynamic programming language
- You have experience with some or all of the following systems we leverage:
- Diskdriven Storage Systems: PostgreSQL ClickHouse
- Memorydriven Storage Systems: Memcached Redis
- Streaming Platforms: Kafka RabbitMQ
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly
- In the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate
The base salary range (or hourly wage range if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $175000 to $215000. A successful candidates actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including without limitation the candidates work location education work and other relevant experience skills and jobrelated knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentrys employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidates position (including incentive compensation equity grants paid time off and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Companys benefit plans/programs.
Equal Opportunity at Sentry
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 legallyprotected 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 opensource 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.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
