Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Sentry
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 260,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Mentoring","Communication","System design","Scalability","Leadership"]

Lead the evolution of a reliable, scalable platform that powers Sentry’s core services—from cloud infrastructure and streaming to storage, deployment, and security. Partner with product and engineering leaders to translate roadmaps into technical blueprints, drive cross-cutting end-to-end initiatives, and raise system design, scalability, and operational quality through mentoring and architectural reviews across the organization.

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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platform

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Job Summary

Lead the evolution of a reliable, scalable platform that powers Sentry’s core services—from cloud infrastructure and streaming to storage, deployment, and security. Partner with product and engineering leaders to translate roadmaps into technical blueprints, drive cross-cutting end-to-end initiatives, and raise system design, scalability, and operational quality through mentoring and architectural reviews across the organization.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect scalable technical blueprints by translating business needs and product strategy.
  • •Align technical roadmaps with company goals in partnership with product and engineering leaders.
  • •Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform org end-to-end to deliver measurable outcomes.
  • •Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers and setting high standards for system design and operational quality.
  • •Review major architectural proposals to ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 260,000 - 400,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Paid LeaveHealth Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years building large-scale distributed systems.
  • •5+ years in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP).
  • •3+ years in technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
  • •Proven track record leading cross-team, high-impact engineering projects.
  • •Ability to create production-quality proof-of-concept architectures and write high-quality code.
Skills:MentoringCommunicationSystem designScalabilityLeadership
Tech Stack:AWSGCPKubernetesTerraformService MeshKafkaFlinkBeamOLAPOLTPBlob storageCaching

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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