Director of Engineering, Platform (Runtime & Stateful Systems)

Details

Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice. The Platform organization owns the runtime and stateful systems that support Sentry, Seer, and related products, including databases, real-time compute, stream processing, blob storage, and distributed caching.

This hybrid role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an expectation of working from the San Francisco office three days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams and Staff engineers responsible for runtime and stateful systems.
• Set the technical vision and strategy across multiple systems as the business scales.
• Drive significant architectural changes and technical initiatives, balancing scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and complexity.
• Provide technical leadership across teams and establish technical direction with senior engineers.
• Own execution and operational excellence for mission-critical, reliable, scalable, and high-performing platform components.
• Build and develop the engineering organization by hiring, mentoring, and growing engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence, technical accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Platform, Infrastructure, and Product teams to align priorities and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Anticipate evolving product and infrastructure needs and identify opportunities to build new platform capabilities.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering, including significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Director-level engineering management experience or equivalent senior engineering leadership experience overseeing multiple teams at comparable scale and complexity.
• Deep technical expertise in at least one of the following domains:
  • OLTP databases
  • OLAP databases
  • Real-time compute and stream processing
  • Blob or object storage
  • Distributed caching
• Experience driving significant architectural changes, evaluating technical tradeoffs, establishing direction, and leading implementation.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions across multiple distributed systems domains.
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives from strategy through execution, with measurable technical or business impact.
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading engineering managers and senior technical talent.
• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills, including the ability to articulate technical concepts, influence senior stakeholders, and align teams around a shared strategy.
• Experience operating mission-critical infrastructure with a strong understanding of reliability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary: $300,000–$450,000 USD per year.
• Annual performance bonus of up to 20% of base salary.
• Eligibility for incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.

Equal Opportunity

Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of legally protected characteristics and provides reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates with disabilities.