Senior Software Engineer, Sentry
Product Foundation
$200-225k
+ Equity grants
3 days a week in office
Error tracking and app monitoring software
Open for applications
Error tracking and app monitoring software
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$200-225k
+ Equity grants
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
- You are a product-minded software engineer. You regard Product and Design as your peers, and you seek collaboration to create a great product experience
- You have good intuitions to recognize a great developer experience on the API layer and product layer, and you strive to make sure you are shipping features that raises that bar for us
- You operate with a high level of ownership over the outcomes of your work, and you expect the same from your team
- You have excellent organization skills and you can articulate priorities to the team. You understand the challenge of shipping new features while maintaining existing functionality, and you have found the balance between them in previous roles
- You want to be the change you seek in the world of developer tooling. You recognize that you are the target user for Sentry, and you want to have an influence on the things that make it into the product
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of experience in leading software engineering teams to execute on projects in parallel
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, or related field, and/or relevant experience
- Strong experience with Django/Python (or similar frameworks and languages)
- Working experience with React/Typescript (or similar frameworks and languages) to be self-sufficient on simple changes
What the job involves
- Engineering organizations rely on Sentry to triage and debug production issues quickly. This is only possible with a stable notification platform that effectively notifies the right people, at the right time, using the tools they use everyday
- The Product Foundation team owns fundamental building blocks to enable the SaaS business to function, including authentication, authorization, notification platform, and integrations
- The integrations include in-house developed ones like GitHub, Slack, and Jira, as well as third-party integrations like Linear built on our integration platform. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead this team
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of integrations with other SaaS services using Django (Python) and React (TypeScript) in our open-source codebase, setting technical direction and driving best practices. To support the growing scope, it's important to build scalable solutions having developer efficiency in mind
- Define and implement reusable API solutions to standardize functionality across the organization, such as shared filtering and query patterns, and create a strategic roadmap to drive adoption and consistency across all teams at Sentry
- Propose innovative product features to enhance Sentry’s integration capabilities with other SaaS apps
- Work closely with the Engineering Manager to help the team prioritize between parallel work streams
- Lead engineering initiatives to create tools and processes that enable engineers to test and debug faster, improving overall productivity and operational excellence
- Build tests and set up monitoring for your work to maintain a high engineering standard for Sentry
- Foster growth and raise the team’s technical aptitude through code review and mentorship
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. The company is well positioned for significant growth. 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 2026 with an annual growth rate of almost 10%. Further, the company has also opened another office in Denver in early 2023, expanding its regional presence, and has announced additional functionality in its platform, all of which bodes well for Sentry's future.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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
- 401k Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Commuter Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Charitable Matching Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
David Cramer
(CTO)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
(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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