Engineering Manager, Product Platform

at Sentry
📍 San Francisco, United States
USD 200,000-240,000 per year
MIDDLE
✅ Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 3 TypeScript @ 5 Python @ 3 Distributed Systems @ 3 Hiring @ 3 Leadership @ 3 Scoping @ 3 Communication @ 3 Django @ 3 JavaScript @ 5 Mentoring @ 3 Sentry @ 3

Details

Sentry builds performance and error monitoring tools used by developers worldwide. The Product Platform team owns shared systems within the core product (IAM, billing, and framework-layer interfaces) inside a monolithic Python/Django application that processes tens of billions of events per day and operates distributed systems across regions. This role leads a team of platform engineers to deliver robust, scalable product features and own platform-level technical direction.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of platform engineers; conduct regular 1:1s and support career development.
  • Define and drive the team's roadmap, aligning team goals with organizational objectives and platform strategy.
  • Provide technical guidance on complex distributed systems and software design.
  • Partner with business operations, security, product, and design to translate objectives into scalable solutions.
  • Define and implement processes and automations for reliable 24x7 operational coverage; proactively identify improvement areas.
  • Communicate team progress, challenges, and strategy to senior leadership and stakeholders; represent the team internally and externally (e.g., blog posts, presentations).
  • Participate actively in hiring to expand the team and attract top talent.

Requirements

  • 3+ years leading engineers.
  • 5+ years professional engineering experience, preferably with Python and JavaScript/TypeScript (or similar).
  • Experience with Python and Django (the team operates a monolithic Python/Django application).
  • Strong background in distributed systems, state synchronization across regions, and integration layers.
  • Experience with IAM and/or billing systems.
  • Product-minded leadership: experience scoping, estimating, allocating resources, and driving execution for product outcomes.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to articulate technical concepts clearly.
  • Experience mentoring engineers through career progression.

Technologies & Scale Mentioned

  • Python, Django
  • JavaScript / TypeScript
  • Distributed systems (global event processing, state synchronization across regions)
  • IAM and billing systems
  • AI/ML-driven insights (product surface area)

Workplace & Schedule

  • Hybrid work model; Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays are in-office anchor days for collaboration (San Francisco office).

Benefits

  • Eligible for Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs, including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance.
  • Sentry is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.