Staff Software Engineer, Issue Workflow

Sentry
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 240,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentorship","Problem-solving"]

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Issue Workflow team, you will architect high-scale distributed systems, real-time data pipelines, and search backends that power the primary product surface. You’ll shape multi-quarter technical vision, drive performance and scalability, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to deliver fast, reliable experiences for developers across billions of events.

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Staff Software Engineer, Issue Workflow

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Job Summary

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Issue Workflow team, you will architect high-scale distributed systems, real-time data pipelines, and search backends that power the primary product surface. You’ll shape multi-quarter technical vision, drive performance and scalability, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design to deliver fast, reliable experiences for developers across billions of events.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive technical strategy and roadmap for the Issue Workflow platform, partnering with engineering leadership, product, and design to shape the multi-quarter vision and architectural direction.
  • •Solve complex performance and scalability challenges to ensure the product remains fast and reliable at billions of events scale.
  • •Champion product quality and user experience by detailing interfaces, error messages, loading states, and edge cases, and instrumenting systems for measurable improvement.
  • •Mentor and elevate others, helping engineers grow their skills in systems design, coding practices, and product thinking.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 240,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years in full-stack software engineering, ideally Python and TypeScript
  • •Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues
  • •Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • •Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred
  • •Strong full-stack instincts with understanding from data ingestion to browser rendering
Experience:10+ yearsSoftwareSaaSDeveloper tools
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipProblem-solving
Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptPostgreSQLClickHouseKafka

Company Brief

Sentry
Provides an error monitoring and performance observability platform for developers, helping teams identify, triage, and resolve application issues across frontend and backend systems with real-time alerts and diagnostic context.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
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