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Go @ 6 Kafka @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Python @ 6 SQL @ 3 Spark @ 4 GCP @ 4 Java @ 6 Distributed Systems @ 4 Flink @ 4 Spark Streaming @ 4 AWS @ 4 Rust @ 6 API @ 4 Sentry @ 4Details
About Sentry
Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster by building 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 set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration.
About the role
The Streaming Platform team at Sentry builds the infrastructure that powers ingestion pipelines and real-time data processing systems. The platform ingests, processes, and distributes hundreds of thousands of events per second with low latency and high reliability. The team simplifies the complexity of Kafka, scales consumers automatically, and manages state to enable product teams to focus on building developer-facing experiences.
As part of this team you'll work at the intersection of distributed systems, real-time data processing, and developer experience to create a self-service streaming platform that improves stability, accelerates time to production, and reduces operational overhead.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate components of the Streaming Platform, including Kafka, the streaming runtime, high-level APIs, and developer-facing abstractions.
- Implement resilient, high-throughput stream processing systems that handle unbounded datasets with strong correctness guarantees (delivery, checkpointing, watermarking, and more).
- Build scalable automation and a control plane for Kafka fleet management and improve efficiency.
- Partner with product engineers to ensure abstractions enable fast, reliable, and consistent ingestion pipelines.
- Improve observability, monitoring, and failover for mission-critical real-time systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with background in distributed systems, data infrastructure, or real-time streaming.
- Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, Rust, Go, or Java (Sentry primarily uses Python and Rust).
- Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of partitioning, watermarks, windowing, stateful/stateless processing, and delivery guarantees.
- Experience building and operating systems in cloud environments such as Kubernetes, AWS, or GCP.
Nice to have
- Experience with ClickHouse, Apache Arrow, or other columnar data processing technologies.
- Familiarity with modern streaming SQL engines such as Materialize or RisingWave.
Compensation & Benefits
- The base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $280,000. Actual base salary (or hourly wage) will be determined by factors including work location, education, experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.
- Eligible candidates may 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.
Equal Opportunity
Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact [email protected].