Sentry
Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane
Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$295kDetected 39 days ago
PythonRustDistributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesCI/CDIncident ResponseDesign SystemsControlsCommunication
About the role
- Sentry.io http://Sentry.io provides a suite of services to diagnose health problems in their customers' applications.
- We make the development and deployment of these tools a safe and enjoyable experience, by maintaining a succinct and helpful continuous integration environment and an informative deployment pipeline.
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance the control plane systems that manage customer identity, placement, and lifecycle across a multi-cell architecture.
- Partner with engineering teams to provide safe infrastructure primitives and standards for cell-compatible systems.
- Enjoy building foundational distributed systems that power an entire platform.
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the CTRL team, you'll design and operate the core platform primitives that make this architecture possible.
- You'll design systems where correctness and reliability are critical, and build abstractions that many teams depend on but rarely see directly.
- Ultimately, you'll help build the infrastructure that enables Sentry's SaaS platform to scale safely across a distributed, multi-cell architecture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
- Strong understanding of replication, consistency models, and service coordination.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience operating containerized systems (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Track record of operating production systems with strong ownership.
- Experience building infrastructure services or platform APIs used by multiple teams.
- Strong written communication skills and ability to document platform systems clearly.
- The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is CAD $200,000 to $295,000. A successful candidate's actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including, without limitation, the candidate's work location, education, work and other relevant experience, skills, and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry's employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidate's position (including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits https://sentry.io/careers/ for more details about the Company's benefit plans/programs.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency with Python
- experience with Rust is a plus.
Skills
- These tools are mission-critical to companies who want to respond effectively in fast-paced markets.
Compensation
- The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is CAD $200,000 to $295,000.
Company info
- These systems power how customers are managed and how services communicate and replicate data safely across our ecosystem.
Equal opportunity
- Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristic. This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs, or (b) seek employment with Sentry. We strive to build a diverse team, with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive. Sentry is an open-source company because we believe that everyone, everywhere, should have the ability and tools to make great software. Software should be accessible. That starts with making our industry accessible.
- If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations@sentry.io.
- Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristic.
- This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs, or (b) seek employment with Sentry.
Visa & Work Authorization
- candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected
This listing is sourced directly from Sentry's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.