Senior Software Engineer, Sentry
Ingest
CA$185-211k
Error tracking and app monitoring software
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Error tracking and app monitoring software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$185-211k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower developer teams to build their best possible software, more quickly and easily.
Role
Who you are
- Have a genuine passion for writing clean, performant, and high-quality code
- Are excited about building a product designed by developers, specifically for developers like yourself
- Thrive in a modern, fast-paced environment where teams iterate quickly and ship code often
- Are enthusiastic about the opportunity to contribute full-time to impactful open-source projects (like our core Sentry product)
- Get excited about joining an agile crew where engineers challenge and inspire each other to constantly level up
- 5+ years relevant experience
- Experience in compiled programming languages (C, C++, Rust)
- Experience in solving complex problems by developing high-quality, high-performance software
- Thrive in an environment with minimal supervision
- Passionate about the software and system design
- Bonus points for experience with Python, Kafka, Redis, Postgres
- Good written and spoken English communication skills
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer (Ingest) on our Client Infrastructure team, you'll collaborate with a talented group of engineers to power the systems that process millions of events every minute!
- You'll get hands-on with our core ingestion pipelines - including our open-source projects Relay and Symbolicator - where every line of code directly impacts developers worldwide
- Imagine optimizing real-time data flows, designing bulletproof distributed systems, and pioneering new solutions that keep Sentry at the forefront of application monitoring. We build the backbone that lets developers focus on what matters most
- You'll be instrumental in building and scaling the core infrastructure that powers Sentry's data ingestion. You will tackle complex engineering challenges and contribute significantly to open-source projects that help developers worldwide
- Design, build, and operate globally distributed, horizontally scalable infrastructure to reliably ingest mission-critical data from customer applications
- Collaborate within the Client Infrastructure team to continuously improve and evolve our data processing pipeline and the services supporting Sentry's scale
- Solve intricate problems related to distributed systems, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing
- Leverage multiple programming languages and technologies (primarily Rust, alongside Python) to address critical system-level challenges
- Partner with Infrastructure and Operations teams to architect and implement solutions designed to handle over a billion events daily
- Ensure the correctness and maintainability of your work through comprehensive unit and integration testing, complemented by clear documentation for colleagues and customers
- Contribute to the stability and operational health of our services by participating in an on-call rotation
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.
Freddie
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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