Head of Developer Experience

Sentry
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 220,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Strategic thinking","Writing","Collaboration"]

Lead and own Sentry's developer experience, overseeing integration ecosystem, docs, community, and DevRel. Build and scale developer platform APIs, documentation, and educational programs; drive signups, adoption, and engagement across Discord and events; partner with EPD and Marketing to shape the developer surface.

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Sentry
Sentry
3 months ago

Head of Developer Experience

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Job Summary

Lead and own Sentry's developer experience, overseeing integration ecosystem, docs, community, and DevRel. Build and scale developer platform APIs, documentation, and educational programs; drive signups, adoption, and engagement across Discord and events; partner with EPD and Marketing to shape the developer surface.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own strategy and execution for Sentry's integration ecosystem and developer platform APIs — working closely with EPD to define the developer-facing surface and ensure building on Sentry is a genuinely good experience
  • •Lead the documentation function across SDK configuration docs, API reference, and tutorials — the places where developer activation actually happens or doesn't
  • •Connect docs to the product experience: logged-in state, contextual guidance, health checks, and surfacing adoption gaps in-context, in partnership with EPD and the Docs platform team
  • •Own Sentry's developer community across Discord, social, and events, and build the team and processes that turn engagement into measurable outcomes: signups, adoption, support deflection
  • •Build and deliver the content and education programs — workshops, deep dives, fireside chats — that teach developers tracing, debugging, and how to actually use Sentry's full product surface
  • •Build relationships with the builders, toolmakers, and platform partners who extend Sentry's reach

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 220,000 - 300,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years in developer relations, developer experience, or a closely related technical role, with at least 3 years managing people
  • •Experience owning or deeply influencing a developer platform, integration ecosystem, or SDK surface
  • •Track record of building developer communities that drive measurable product outcomes
  • •Strong technical writing instincts and demonstrated experience raising the bar on documentation quality
  • •Observability, monitoring, or developer tooling background is a plus
Experience:7+ yearsDeveloper relationsDeveloper experienceSDKIntegration ecosystem
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStrategic thinkingWritingCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:APIsSDKDocumentationDiscord

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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