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Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

Sentry· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, California)$240k - $400k + bonusFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineers to tackle challenging infrastructure and distributed systems problems within Sentry's Platform and Infrastructure Engineering teams, focusing on cloud infrastructure, distributed storage, real-time event processing, service reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in designing, building, and operating distributed systems or infrastructure.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Go, Java, or a comparable language.
  • Experience designing and implementing technically complex systems, with a track record of delivering meaningful engineering outcomes.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Demonstrated ability to independently own complex technical projects, navigate ambiguity, and drive solutions from design through production.
  • Deep technical experience in one or more of the following areas: Cloud Infrastructure (Kubernetes, container orchestration, Terraform, IaC, networking, service discovery); Distributed Systems (fault tolerance, consistency, replication, high-availability); Data Infrastructure (Kafka, real-time streaming, distributed storage, OLAP/OLTP); Infrastructure Reliability (observability, performance optimization, capacity planning, incident response, production operations); Developer Infrastructure (CI/CD, build/deployment infrastructure, developer environments).
  • Strong architectural judgment and ability to design systems for reliability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and influence decisions across engineering teams.
  • Experience improving engineering practices and helping engineers grow.

Skills

Required:Distributed systems designCloud infrastructureProgramming languages

Benefits

  • See [Sentry Benefits](https://sentry.io/careers/) for more details about the Company’s benefit plans/programs.
Last updated Oct 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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