Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform

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 200000 organizations Sentry is todays application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

A strong and reliable platform is essential to scaling Sentry for the future. Our Platform organization is responsible for everything that powers Sentryfrom cloud infrastructure and streaming systems to storage deployment and security. We own the core services and technical foundations that enable every product and engineering team at Sentry to move fast and build with confidence.

Were looking for a passionate and pragmatic Senior Staff Software Engineer to help lead this this role youll report directly to the VP of Engineering and collaborate with teams across the company to shape the future of Sentrys platform.

• 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 orgowning 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.

• Enjoy designing and building platforms that help teams move faster and scale safely.

• Thrive on solving complex multi-dimensional problems across product infrastructure and organizational layers.

• Want to make architectural decisions that shape Sentrys long-term success.

• Bring new ideas tools and frameworks to the tableand know when to optimize for simplicity over novelty.

• Enjoy working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional partners to drive company-wide initiatives.

• 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.

• Deep knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies including:

  • Kubernetes Terraform Service Mesh

  • Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g. Flink Beam)

  • OLAP/OLTP databases blob storage caching

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.

• Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.

The base salary range that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $260000 to $400000 plus up to 20% bonus. 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 job-related 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.

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.

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