Engineering Manager, Product Platform

Sentry • San Francisco, CA

125d • $200,000 - $240,000

About The Position

The core product organization at Sentry is responsible for the primary product surfaces of Sentry.io that are used and beloved by developers all over the world. We own errors, issues, issue detection, AI and ML driven insights, notifications, and all the product areas in between like authentication, settings, and billing. Our teams process 10s of billions of events per day and operate distributed systems that span the globe. The product platform team (that you would manage) owns shared systems within core product: IAM, billing, and all other framework layer interfaces within our monolithic python Django application (state synchronization across regions, integration layers with acquisitions, etc). As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of engineers, leveraging your own product and distributed systems engineering experience to provide technical guidance to the team, driving the delivery of robust, scalable and impactful product features.

Requirements

• 3+ years leading engineers.
• 5+ years professional engineering experience, preferably with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript or similar.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly.
• Zero to one product experience - Scoping/estimating work, allocating resources, determining milestones, driving execution, and ensuring success with customers.
• Experience with IAM and/or billing systems.
• Experience mentoring other engineers through their career progression.

Nice To Haves

• A product and platform-minded leader who enjoys distributed systems and software architecture problems.
• High agency and like to completely own your outcomes.
• Strong engineering background to inform and validate the team’s technical decisions.
• Thrive in cross-functional environments, collaborating with individuals across many disciplines.
• An eye for good product design and usability.
• Love to foster career growth, finding opportunities for team members to excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented platform engineers.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within the team.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, provide constructive feedback, and support career development.
• Define and drive the team's roadmap.
• Align team goals with organizational objectives and contribute to the overall platform strategy.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex distributed systems and software design.
• Partner closely with business operations, security, and engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable solutions.
• Guide the team in defining and implementing robust processes and automations for 24x7 coverage of daily operational tasks.
• Ensure the team is proactively identifying areas for improvement.
• Effectively communicate team progress, challenges, and strategic direction to senior leadership, stakeholders, and the wider organization.
• Represent the team's work internally and externally, including through blog posts and presentations.
• Actively participate in the hiring process to expand the team, identifying and attracting top talent.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees