Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

Sentry•San Francisco, CA

1d•$220,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Sentry's Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for making the operation of Sentry simple, safe, and seamless for all other engineering teams within the company. They develop the internal control platforms, configuration systems, traffic routing, and automation that enable product engineers to operate services safely at scale without requiring deep infrastructure expertise. As the Engineering Manager for Infrastructure Engineering, you will lead a team focused on building the tools that support Sentry's growth, including internal admin and change management tools, configuration automation, and the routing layer fundamental to Sentry's architecture. Your responsibilities will encompass technical vision, team health, system reliability, and collaboration with engineering teams across the company that depend on your team's tools. You will work closely with leaders from Infrastructure, Platform, and Production Engineering to define how Sentry scales its operational model as the company expands.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with a focus on internal tooling, infrastructure automation, platform engineering, or distributed systems.
4+ years of engineering management experience, including growing and managing teams of engineers.
Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager leading the architecture and long-term evolution of internal control platforms or similar systems.
Strong backend or full-stack engineering background, with solid Python skills.
Familiarity with Kubernetes, terraform, python, and a systems mindset for abstracting complex infrastructure for others to use.
Strong technical communication skills and a track record of effective cross-team and leadership collaboration.
Proven experience delivering and owning multi-year engineering initiatives in a leadership or technical leadership capacity.
Comfortable working across org boundaries and aligning priorities across infra, platform, and product teams.

Nice To Haves

Are passionate about building tools that make operating complex systems simple for other engineers.
Enjoy solving infrastructure problems around configuration, routing, and automation, and turning them into clean, self-service abstractions.
Believe in using proven technologies and committing to a single, reliable choice rather than chasing novelty.
Think in terms of building for scale and cost effectiveness from day one, and for the needs of many teams rather than one.
Value cross-functional collaboration and thrive in hybrid, in-person settings with engineers across functions, levels, and geographies.
Take pride in building strong, healthy teams and enabling them to lead high-impact, multi-year initiatives.
Want to be part of a thoughtful, highly technical team that cares about long-term system health and operational simplicity.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of engineers building the internal control platforms that every engineering team at Sentry relies on to operate services safely.
Drive the evolution of Infrastructure Engineering's platform, including configuration management, traffic routing and environment controls.
Own the team's technical direction, contributing to key decisions on API architecture, internal tooling design, and automation frameworks.
Nurture and grow engineers at different levels, providing support through coaching, mentorship, and career development.
Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture focused on ownership, learning, and delivery.
Partner with Production Engineering, SRE, and Developer Infrastructure to make sure operational tooling stays consistent and well-scoped across the org.
Own the reliability, adoption, and roadmap of the team's tools while building a culture of technical excellence and pragmatic decision making.