Sentry
Engineering Manager, Data Platform
San Francisco, California
Sponsorship not specified$220k-$350kDetected 12 days ago
PythonRustDistributed SystemsAgentic AIPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Sentry provides developer-first observability to over 4 million developers worldwide.
- The Events Analytics Platform (EAP) team is at the heart of that mission: it powers how all of Sentry's event data, such as errors, transactions, spans, profiles, replays, and metrics, is stored, queried, and analyzed.
- It also powers Sentry's latest AI push, Seer.
Responsibilities
- Drive development of core EAP features, including support for complex analytical queries, dynamic routing logic across fidelity levels, storage and compute separation, and modern patterns for analytical storage
- Ensure EAP can support the workload demands of AI agents and MCP servers that unlock new AI capabilities for Sentry
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Product Engineering, Streaming, Production Engineering, Security, and Compliance
- Lead the team through incidents, postmortems, and scaling challenges while fostering operational excellence
- Build a healthy and collaborative team culture rooted in growth, accountability, and inclusion
- Enjoy mentoring and developing engineers, especially helping junior engineers grow into senior roles
Requirements
- 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering, including 4+ years of people management experience with career development and performance management
- Experience with distributed systems, query optimization, or scaling data-intensive workloads
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences
Nice to have
- Proficiency with Python, Rust, or a similar programming language is a plus
- Familiarity with observability, developer tools, or event-driven systems is a plus
Compensation
- The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $220,000 to $350,000.
Company info
- Grow and develop a team of engineers with high expectations for ownership and impact
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
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