Head of Developer Experience

Sentry•San Francisco, CA

3d•$220,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Developer experience at Sentry spans four areas: the integration and developer platform, docs, community, and DevRel. The DevEx team is responsible for how developers first encounter Sentry, how they learn to use it, and how they build on top of it — from SDK configuration docs to the Discord community to the integrations ecosystem. This role owns all of it. We recently had our Head of DevEx depart, and we're looking for a senior leader to step in with real ownership and real scope. You'll sit in Marketing, partner closely with EPD, and have direct influence over both the product surface (the integration platform) and the team responsible for developer education, docs, and community.

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

Nice To Haves

You've shipped code and can tell when a code sample is wrong without running it — your technical credibility is real, and developers will know it
You want to own a product surface, not just produce content about it
You've built or scaled a developer community and can point to what actually moved because of it
You care about documentation as a product, not a checkbox — you have opinions about what good looks like and will hold a team to that standard
You're comfortable operating with ambiguity and resetting scope — you don't need to be told what to prioritize, and you're skeptical of complexity for its own sake
Observability, monitoring, or developer tooling background is a plus

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