Senior Software Engineer, Sentry

Issues

$190-215k

+ Equity

TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Similar Web
Rust
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

2+ days a week in office

Sentry

Error tracking and app monitoring software

Open for applications

Sentry

Error tracking and app monitoring software

201-500 employees

B2BSecuritySaaS

Open for applications

$190-215k

+ Equity

TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Similar Web
Rust
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

2+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2BSecuritySaaS

Company mission

To empower developer teams to build their best possible software, more quickly and easily.

Role

Who you are

  • 7+ years of experience working on and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • 2+ years of experience with Python and Django or similar web framework
  • Solid understanding and experience with distributed systems, data modeling, and applying tradeoffs
  • Experience with end-to-end ownership of a large feature or system
  • Experience writing and presenting technical documentation
  • Team level mentorship and leadership experience on large projects
  • Familiarity with Rust or other system-level programming language is a plus
  • Familiarity with TypeScript or JavaScript is a plus
  • Are driven by impact and like working on high-impact initiatives
  • Enjoy working cross-functionally, alongside developers and product teams
  • Enjoy working with an open-source community that showcases your skills

What the job involves

  • As a Senior Software Engineer on Sentry’s Issues team, you’ll join a cross-functional team of engineers responsible for our most used product experience
  • This is a high-impact role; not only is Issues the main entry point to Sentry, but it's also where teams across the company surface actionable issues for our users
  • We build and maintain features including: issue search, issue grouping, and issue workflows as well as status updates and many of their downstream effects
  • In this role you will shape the experience of how our users interact with error data
  • You will collaborate with other teams throughout the company to ensure that our customers continue to gain valuable insights into their own products
  • Presenting new ideas to our technical steering committee, establishing ownership of a feature set and growing your technical skills are just a few of the activities you can expect from this role
  • Lead high value initiatives, implement high quality features driving engineering excellence, mentor junior engineers, and raising the bar for the rest of the organization
  • Work with product management and the larger engineering organization to define, implement and ship new features
  • Architect maintainable and scalable solutions that drive the future of Issues at Sentry
  • Level up the technical aptitude of the team through mentorship and PR reviews

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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Top investors

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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 values

  • Pixels matter - We understand that the difference between a good product and a great one is in the finer details. We take extra care to get everything right, down to the last pixel
  • Feedback is priceless - White lies help no one. We give each other constructive, respectful, and sincere feedback for the best collective outcome and most personal growth. (On our work, that is. We'll keep opinions on your floral-patterned pants to ourselves)
  • Step by step - We don't expect to get things right the first time around. We do our best work by iterating: making small changes, measuring impact, and trying again (and again, and sometimes again)
  • For every developer - Sentry is a tool for everyone who codes. We strive to create a product that's accessible (and indispensable) to developers at any level, at companies big, small, and everything beyond and in between
  • Work in progress - We know that we don't know everything. Nothing here is set in stone. We're still filling roles and writing rules, as a team. In the meantime, we embrace individual ownership, autonomy, and accountability
  • Value people - We respect one another. We understand that success comes from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, skills, and opinions — not in spite of it. Even if we disagree on the route, we still push forward to the end

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

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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