Senior Staff Software Engineer, Sentry
Platform
$260-400k
Offers Equity plus up to 20% bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Application performance monitoring & error tracking software
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Application performance monitoring & error tracking software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$260-400k
Offers Equity plus up to 20% bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower developer teams to build their best possible software, more quickly and easily.
Role
Who you are
- 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 Sentry’s long-term success
- Bring new ideas, tools, and frameworks to the table—and 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
What the job involves
- A strong and reliable platform is essential to scaling Sentry for the future. Our Platform organization is responsible for everything that powers Sentry—from 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
- We're looking for a passionate and pragmatic Senior Staff Software Engineer to help lead this evolution. In this role, you’ll report directly to the VP of Engineering and collaborate with teams across the company to shape the future of Sentry’s 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 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
Our take
Defective software leads to dissatisfied users, disruptions and potential financial losses for companies. Sentry has created application monitoring and error tracking software to help developers fix errors faster, easier and more cost effectively.
More than 1 million developers and 70,000 organizations worldwide, including the likes of Microsoft, Disney, Atlassian, Cloudflare and Slack, have used Sentry to monitor their code health. And the company is well-positioned for significant growth as there is an emerging need for solutions that address holistic application health. As more companies focus on digital to engage with their customers, the reliability of their applications is essential.
The global bug-tracking software market is expected to reach over $600 million by the end of 2026 with an annual growth rate of almost 10%. Further, the company opened another office in Denver in early 2023, expanding its regional presence, as it continues to broaden its market presence.
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Insights
28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2022
$90m
SERIES E
Feb 2021
$60m
SERIES D
Total funding: $216.5m
Company benefits
- Competitive Compensation + Equity
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Commuter Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Charitable Matching Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k Plan
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Cramer
(Co-Founder & CPO)They started their career as a Software Engineer at Curse, before roles at Enthropia, Disqus, and Dropbox. Having co-founded Sentry in January 2012, they left Dropbox in 2015.
Chris Jennings
(Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer)They have been a Frontend Developer at AgencyTen, Director of Design and UX at Disqus and most recently a Product Designer at GitHub.
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