
Staff Software Engineer – Platform
Sentry
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $240,000 - $320,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Architect the future of Sentry by translating business needs and product strategy into clear, scalable technical blueprints.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
- Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform org—owning them end-to-end and driving meaningful outcomes.
- Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers, sharing best practices, and setting high standards for system design, scalability, and operational quality.
- Review major architectural proposals and help ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health across the company.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
- 5+ years working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
- 3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
- Proven track record of leading cross-team, high-impact engineering projects.
- Ability to create production-quality proof-of-concept architectures and write high-quality code.
- Deep knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies, including:
- Kubernetes, Terraform, Service Mesh
- Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam)
- OLAP/OLTP databases, blob storage, caching
- Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.
Benefits
- Incentive compensation
- Equity grants
- Paid time off
- Group health insurance coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
large-scale distributed systemscloud-based environmentstechnical architectureproof-of-concept architectureshigh-quality codeKubernetesTerraformService MeshKafkareal-time streaming frameworks
Soft Skills
mentoringleadershipcross-team collaborationengineering excellencecommunicationsetting high standardsdriving outcomes