Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

About the role

ABOUT SENTRY

Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.

Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Sentry helps developers identify and resolve issues in their applications. Behind our products is a complex foundation of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and services that must perform reliably at scale.

Our Platform and Infrastructure Engineering teams build and operate the systems that power Sentry. From cloud infrastructure, distributed storage, and real-time event processing to service reliability, scalability, and developer productivity, these teams provide the technical foundation that enables our products and engineering organization to grow.

We're looking for Staff Software Engineers to tackle some of Sentry's most challenging infrastructure and distributed systems problems. Depending on your experience and interests, you might work on scaling our real-time event processing systems, improving the reliability and efficiency of our cloud infrastructure, or designing and building foundational services that support our products.

In this role, you'll have the autonomy to identify important technical problems, lead solutions from design through production, and influence engineering decisions beyond your immediate team. We're looking for engineers who enjoy solving difficult problems, remain hands-on with the systems they build, and take pride in delivering meaningful technical impact.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL

- Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable distributed systems that support Sentry's products and engineering teams.

- Own technically complex projects from identifying problems and defining solutions through implementation, deployment, and production operations.

- Solve challenging engineering problems involving system architecture, performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

- Make thoughtful architectural decisions, evaluating tradeoffs between performance, complexity, maintainability, and long-term scalability.

- Proactively identify technical challenges and opportunities for improvement, including problems without clearly defined requirements or established solutions.

- Stay hands-on with engineering, contributing production-quality code, reviewing designs, and helping resolve complex technical issues.

- Collaborate with engineers and technical leaders across teams to influence technical direction, establish engineering standards, and drive improvements.

- Share technical knowledge, mentor other engineers, and help strengthen engineering practices across the organization.

YOU'LL LOVE THIS JOB IF YOU

- Enjoy solving difficult technical problems where the solution isn't immediately obvious.