Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

at Sentry
📍 Toronto, Canada
CAD 185,000-237,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 System Administration @ 4 Docker @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Nginx @ 4 Redis @ 4 Terraform @ 4 Terragrunt @ 4 Python @ 4 GCP @ 4 GitHub @ 4 GitHub Actions @ 4 CI/CD @ 4 Communication @ 7 Networking @ 4 PostgreSQL @ 4 Sentry @ 4 Compliance @ 4

Details

About Sentry

Bad software is everywhere, and Sentry’s mission is to help developers write better software faster. Sentry builds performance and error monitoring tools used by organizations such as Disney, Microsoft, and Atlassian. The company embraces a hybrid work model with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays as in-office anchor days to encourage collaboration.

Role overview

The Production Engineering team maintains a reliable CI environment and a low-friction deployment pipeline for Sentry’s hosted platform. As a Production Engineer (internal title) you will help scale and evolve the infrastructure that powers a platform ingesting billions of events per day and processing terabytes of data. You will work across cloud-native technologies to improve performance, reliability, and cost efficiency and help Sentry grow to handle significantly larger event volumes.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of Sentry’s cloud platform
  • Architect and automate scalable systems and services
  • Analyze and optimize system performance and cost efficiency
  • Guide and support engineering teams in configuring their infrastructure and deployments
  • Collaborate with Security to ensure compliance with policies and best practices
  • Participate in the team’s on-call rotation and respond to critical production issues

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in systems or infrastructure engineering
  • Experience with production monitoring and logging tools
  • Proficiency with some or all of the following technologies:
    • System administration: Debian, Docker
    • Cloud platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
    • Datastores: PostgreSQL, Redis, BigTable
    • Infrastructure as code / orchestration: SaltStack, Kubernetes, Terraform / Terragrunt
    • Networking / routing: Nginx, Envoy
  • Programming or scripting experience (Python preferred)
  • Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GoCD, or similar tools
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts clearly
  • Experience owning services end-to-end and learning from production incidents

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary range: $185,000 to $237,000 CAD per year
  • Eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the role, including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Sentry is committed to equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation, contact [email protected].