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Director of Engineering, Platform (Runtime & Stateful Systems)

Sentry· Engineering
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Hybrid (San Francisco, California)$300k - $450k + bonusFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Engineering leadership role overseeing runtime and stateful systems in the Platform group, with responsibility for OLTP/OLAP databases, real-time compute and stream processing, blob storage, and distributed caching. Focus on technical vision, architectural governance, and developing engineering leaders while delivering reliable, scalable platform components.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple engineering teams and Staff engineers responsible for the runtime and stateful systems supporting Sentry, Seer, and the products built on top of them.
  • Set the technical vision and strategy across multiple systems, identifying opportunities to evolve our architecture as the business scales.
  • Drive significant architectural changes and technical initiatives, making informed tradeoffs around scalability, reliability, performance, cost, and complexity.
  • Provide technical leadership across teams, working closely with senior engineers to evaluate architectural decisions, challenge assumptions, and establish technical direction.
  • Own the execution and operational excellence of mission-critical systems, ensuring teams deliver reliable, scalable, and high-performing platform components.
  • Build and develop a strong engineering organization, including hiring, mentoring, and growing engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
  • Foster a culture of engineering excellence, technical accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Partner across Platform, Infrastructure, and Product to align priorities, navigate ambiguity, and deliver complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Anticipate evolving product and infrastructure needs, identifying opportunities to build new platform capabilities and improve existing systems.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering, with significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Director-level engineering management experience, or equivalent senior engineering leadership experience overseeing multiple teams at comparable scale and complexity.
  • Deep technical expertise in OLTP databases, OLAP databases, real-time compute and stream processing, blob/object storage, or distributed caching.
  • Demonstrated experience driving significant architectural changes, including evaluating technical tradeoffs, establishing direction, and leading implementation.
  • Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions across multiple distributed systems domains.
  • Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives from strategy through execution, with measurable technical or business impact.
  • Experience hiring, developing, and leading engineering managers and senior technical talent.
  • Strong communication and organizational leadership skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts, influence senior stakeholders, and align teams around a shared strategy.
  • Experience operating mission-critical infrastructure with a strong understanding of reliability, scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Required:Backend architectureTechnical leadershipCommunication with stakeholdersArchitectural decision-making

Benefits

  • Base salary range $300K – $450K USD, plus annual performance bonus up to 20% of base salary.
  • Equity grants
  • Paid time off
  • Group health insurance coverage
  • Incentive compensation programs
  • Eligibility for Sentry benefits plans/programs.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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