Staff Security Engineer Application Platform Security

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 the role

The security team is responsible for and committed to securing all things Sentry. From our customers to our code and everything in between the security team is involved in all aspects of the business in pursuit of that goal.

Sentry is looking for a Security Engineer to join our growing security team working across application and platform security domains to drive security solutions for hardening our evolving cloud based application and Kubernetes platform. You will partner with engineering to mature Sentrys holistic cloud platform security posture through effective security architecture threat modeling coding and mentoring.

In this role you will

• Lead highly impactful initiatives to solve critical security challenges from idea formulation to design and implementation.
• Build and nurture crosscompany relationships with technical leaders to influence and achieve security objectives.
• Evaluate and plan long term architectural improvements to enable flexible zero trust systems in a growing tech stack.
• Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance the companys security posture with an eye towards scalability.
• Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in our systems and data as well as help develop and implement solutions to safeguard them.
• Enable crossfunctional teams to implement security solutions aligned with SecurebyDesign concepts and standards.
• Mentor and guide other engineers.

Youll love this job if you

• Are excited to dive deeply into a continually growing Kubernetes tech stack with many greenfield opportunities for zero trust methodologies.
• Want to be an early member of an agile and engineering focused security team.
• Enjoy collaborating with passionate security platform and infrastructure engineers who are eager for ideas and action.
• Are passionate about creating and collaborating on technical designs and plansAre motivated to continue developing and learning new skills.

Qualifications

• 10 years of industry experience designing building and supporting largescale distributed systems in production.
• Strong fundamentals in computer science skills.
• Experience in securing container based environments preferable GCP and/or AWS cloud Expertlevel understanding of designing secure Kubernetes.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experienced and comfortable programming in at least one language with a strong preference for Python Go or Rust.
• Applied knowledge of cryptography PKI TLS and practical implementations.
• An up to date understanding of the threat landscape as it pertains to SaaS companies.
• Strong communication skills

The base salary range (or hourly wage range if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $200000 to $300000. 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 Benefitsfor 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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