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Forward Deployed Engineer

Sentry

San Francisco, CA · Remote · full time · Senior

$190,000 – $230,000

Listed on Sentry’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

A senior technical role embedded with enterprise customers to implement Sentry's monitoring platform directly in their codebases, write production pull requests, and design custom instrumentation. Best suited for engineers who prefer hands-on technical problem-solving with customer teams over advisory positions and enjoy building repeatable patterns from deployment work.

Our summary, not Sentry’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

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What they ask for

Required

  • 8+ years experience mixing Software Engineering and Solutions Engineering/Implementation
  • Hands-on programming experience with at least one of: JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, .NET, Ruby, React, React Native, or native mobile development
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with credibility among engineers and engineering leaders
  • Problem-solving ability and hands-on execution mindset

Nice to have

  • Experience with observability, APM, or error monitoring tools
  • Experience migrating customers from competing vendors
  • Prior involvement building forward deployed or customer engineering functions

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