# Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure

Hiring organization: [Sentry](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sentry)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e1b4d810-433d-47f7-8ce2-1d6b2ff17c06

Listed on Sentry's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Lead / Staff / Principal
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 240000 – 400000 USD per year

## Summary

Sentry is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and operate the distributed systems and cloud infrastructure that power their application monitoring platform. This role suits engineers with deep experience in infrastructure, systems architecture, or data platforms who want to tackle complex technical problems at scale while maintaining hands-on coding involvement.

_Our summary, not Sentry's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, CI/CD, Go, Java, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure, Python, Terraform

## Required

- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Background in designing, building, and operating distributed systems or infrastructure
- Proficiency in at least one of: Python, Go, Java, or comparable language
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Ability to independently own complex technical projects and drive solutions from design through production
- Strong architectural judgment and system design skills
- Clear communication of technical concepts across teams

## Nice to have

- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, or infrastructure as code
- Background in distributed systems (fault tolerance, consistency, replication, high-availability)
- Experience with Kafka, real-time streaming, or large-scale data processing
- Infrastructure reliability experience (observability, performance optimization, incident response)
- Experience building CI/CD systems or internal developer platforms
- Track record of improving engineering practices or mentoring other engineers

Apply on Sentry's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentry/68b3897c-bbb0-4f90-aa9a-57981323e26b/application