Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable, scalable distributed systems supporting Sentry’s products and engineering teams.
• Own complex technical projects from identifying problems and defining solutions through implementation, deployment, and production operations.
• Solve problems involving architecture, performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Make architectural decisions and evaluate tradeoffs involving performance, complexity, maintainability, and scalability.
• Contribute hands-on production-quality code, review designs, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Influence technical direction, establish engineering standards, and drive improvements across engineering teams.
• Share technical knowledge, mentor engineers, and strengthen engineering practices across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with a strong background designing, building, and operating distributed systems or infrastructure.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Go, Java, or a comparable language.
• Experience designing and implementing technically complex systems with meaningful engineering outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Ability to independently own complex projects, navigate ambiguity, and drive solutions from design through production.
• Deep technical experience in one or more areas including cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, data infrastructure, infrastructure reliability, or developer infrastructure.
• Experience with relevant infrastructure technologies or domains such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, distributed storage, databases, observability, performance optimization, incident response, or internal developer platforms.
• Strong architectural judgment and the ability to design for reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts, collaborate effectively, and influence engineering decisions across teams.
• Experience improving engineering practices, sharing technical knowledge, or helping other engineers grow.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $240,000 to $400,000 plus an annual performance bonus of up to 15% of base salary.
• Eligibility for employee benefit plans including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.