Senior Software Engineer, Product Platform

Sentry • San Francisco, CA

96d • $180,000 - $280,000

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 join) 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 a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll join 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

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience with Django/Python (or similar frameworks and languages)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven track record of owning a system or feature and leading or collaborating with multiple engineers and teams
• Experience with building and operating high scale systems
• Experience with IAM and/or billing systems

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Rust or Typescript

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to build and operate a scalable and reliable product platform for billing and authentication primarily using Python and Django
• Identify and prioritize improvements in performance and resiliency
• Provide leadership and mentorship within the product platform team on complex distributed systems and software design

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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees