Senior Staff Engineer, Platform

at Sentry
📍 San Francisco, United States
USD 250,000-310,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Hybrid

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Kafka @ 4 Kubernetes @ 4 Terraform @ 4 GCP @ 6 Distributed Systems @ 8 Flink @ 4 Leadership @ 6 AWS @ 6 Communication @ 4 Mentoring @ 4 Sentry @ 4 OLAP @ 4

Details

About Sentry

Bad software is everywhere, and Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster. Sentry builds performance and error monitoring tools used by 100,000+ organizations. The company embraces a hybrid work model with in-office anchor days to encourage collaboration.

About the role

The Platform organization is responsible for the core services and technical foundations that power Sentry: cloud infrastructure, streaming systems, storage, deployment, and security. This role reports to the VP of Engineering and acts as a Software Architect to help shape the future of Sentry's platform, collaborating across product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • Architect the future of Sentry by translating business needs and product strategy into clear, scalable technical blueprints.
  • Partner with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
  • Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform organization—own them end-to-end and drive outcomes.
  • Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers, sharing best practices, and setting high standards for system design, scalability, and operational quality.
  • Review major architectural proposals and help ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health across the company.

Requirements / Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
  • 5+ years working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
  • 3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
  • Proven track record of leading cross-team, high-impact engineering projects.
  • Ability to create production-quality proof-of-concept architectures and write high-quality code.
  • Deep knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies, including:
    • Kubernetes, Terraform, Service Mesh
    • Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam)
    • OLAP/OLTP databases, blob storage, caching
  • Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.

Workplace & Schedule

  • Hybrid work model. Sentry specifies Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary range: $250,000 to $310,000 (actual base salary determined by factors including work location, experience, skills, and other relevant factors).
  • Eligible to participate in Sentry's employee benefit plans/programs (incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, group health insurance, etc.). See Sentry Benefits for details.

Equal Opportunity

Sentry is committed to equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. For accommodation requests, contact [email protected].