Engineering Manager, Analytics Platform

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About Sentry

Bad software is everywhere, and Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster. With more than $217 million in funding and 100,000+ organizations using Sentry, the company builds performance and error monitoring tools that help teams spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products. Sentry embraces a hybrid work model, with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration.

About the role

The Events Analytics Platform (EAP) team powers how Sentry's event data (errors, transactions, spans, profiles, replays, and metrics) is stored, queried, and analyzed. The EAP team enables efficient search and debugging across massive volumes of data and is central to Sentry's strategy to become a context assembly and telemetry platform.

As an engineering manager on the EAP team you will lead a group of engineers building and scaling a critical data platform. You will drive architectural evolution, ensure system stability, and mentor a team based in San Francisco. This is a highly visible leadership role with direct ties to Sentry's long-term product and platform strategy.

Responsibilities

• Grow and develop a team of engineers with high expectations for ownership and impact.
• Set the technical and strategic direction for the team, balancing short-term stability with long-term architectural evolution.
• Drive development of core EAP features to support complex analytical query, dynamic routing logic for different fidelity levels, data movement in cellularized architecture, storage and compute separation, and modern patterns for analytical storage.
• Guide the unification of all event data into EAP and enable fast and complex cross-event querying at scale.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Product Engineering, Streaming, Production Engineering, Security, and Compliance.
• Lead the team through incidents, postmortems, and scaling challenges while fostering operational excellence.
• Build a healthy and collaborative team culture rooted in growth, accountability, and inclusion.

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering.
• 4+ years of people management experience, including career development and performance management.
• Strong technical background in data platforms, storage systems, or analytical backends (examples cited: ClickHouse, Pinot, Druid).
• Experience with distributed systems, query optimization, or scaling data-intensive workloads.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Proficiency with Python, Rust, or a similar programming language is a plus.
• Familiarity with observability, developer tools, or event-driven systems is a plus.

Not sure if you meet 100% of the qualifications? Sentry encourages applicants who are excited about the opportunity and eager to grow.

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary range that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $220,000 to $260,000. A candidate's actual base salary will be determined by factors including work location, education, experience, skills, and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry's employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the position (including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details.

Work model

Sentry embraces a hybrid model. Anchor days in-office are Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to encourage collaboration.

Equal Opportunity

Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities.