About Sentry

Bad software is everywhere, and we’re tired of it. Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster, so we can get back to enjoying technology.

With more than $127 million in funding and 68,000 customers that believe we’re on to something, we're building performance and error monitoring tools that help companies like Disney, Microsoft, and Atlassian spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products. If you like to selfishly build things that make your digital life better, come help us build the next generation of software monitoring tools.

About the Role

The Search and Storage team is responsible for the infrastructure that powers all of Sentry's time-series data and searching capabilities across billions of events with sub-second latency. We started this initiative by building Snuba, the primary storage and query service for Sentry's event data powered by ClickHouse, and we're now looking to provide even more visibility and reporting on the terabytes of data that our users send us.

As a Software Engineer, you'll lead efforts to bring Sentry into a new age of data visibility. You’ll do this by expanding the capabilities of our search infrastructure, developing new solutions based on our state of the art storage and increasing the performance and integrity of Sentry’s core data services. You’ll also contribute to the vision of Infrastructure at Sentry and collaborate with Product and other Engineering teams to turn that vision into a reality.

If you're looking for a high-impact role where you move a company from processing "big data" to "really big data", this could be the job for you.

In this role you will:

• Expand Search and Storage's impact on delivering world-class data delivery.
• Architect and automate services and systems to meet the demand of scale.
• Make architectural decisions to balance the wants and needs of Product and Engineering teams.
• Maintain and grow the team's code quality initiatives by regularly reviewing code and contributing to design decisions.
• Lead design and discussions around deliverables the team is working towards.
• Improve the approachability of the codebases that Search and Storage holds domain over.

Examples of projects our team has worked on:

• Snuba, Sentry's new Search Infrastructure
• Mitigating Risk while Migrating to ClickHouse
• Getting Stronger Consistency out of a Datastore

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant experience
• In the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate (this is not a 100% remote role.)
• Strong knowledge of replicated and/or distributed data storage systems
• Experience with Python or a similar dynamic programming language
• You have experience with some or all of the following systems we leverage:
  • Disk-driven Storage Systems: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse
  • Memory-driven Storage Systems: Memcached, Redis
  • Streaming Platforms: Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees, 75% company-paid for dependents
• Monthly commuter subsidy
• 401k program
• Learning & Development stipend
• Charitable matching program
• Generous parental leave policy
• Flexible working schedule and vacation policy, work from home policy, and real work/life balance
• Friday catered lunches
• Company events (Hack Weeks, All Hands, quarterly social events) and friends and family events
• Relocation assistance

Sentry values diversity and inclusivity in our company and is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.