The ad says“You know enough about frontend performance, API design, and user experience to make good architectural decisions that consider the whole picture”
The ad says“You know about eventual consistency, partitioning strategies, caching layers, and query optimization”
The ad says“Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues”
The ad says“You’ve debugged enough systems at scale that you now know to design for failure and build systems that degrade gracefully”
The ad says“Are a distributed systems engineer who understands the realities of high-scale architectures”
The ad says“Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues”
The ad says“You know about eventual consistency, partitioning strategies, caching layers, and query optimization”
The ad says“You know enough about frontend performance, API design, and user experience to make good architectural decisions that consider the whole picture”
The ad says“Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues”
The ad says“You know about eventual consistency, partitioning strategies, caching layers, and query optimization”
The ad says“10+ years in full-stack software engineering, ideally Python and Typescript”
The ad says“You know about eventual consistency, partitioning strategies, caching layers, and query optimization”
The ad says“10+ years in full-stack software engineering, ideally Python and Typescript”
Values
The ad says“Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred”
The ad says“Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred”
The ad says“Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred”
Issue Workflow is Sentry’s primary product surface
Our issue platform processes billions events daily and turns them into actionable insights that help millions of developers fix bugs faster
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Issue Workflow team, you’ll architect the systems that power this experience
You’ll work at the intersection of high-scale distributed systems and product engineering, building real-time data pipelines, search backends, and analysis systems that surface signal from noise
This is product engineering at massive scale—where every architectural decision impacts millions of debugging sessions
You’ll be the technical leader who shapes how Sentry groups issues, how we make search lightning-fast, how we enable sophisticated agentic workflows, and how we ensure that the product is performant even at billions-of-events scale
Your work will define what’s possible for the most trafficked part of Sentry’s platform
Drive technical strategy and roadmap. Partner with engineering leadership, product, and design to shape the multi-quarter technical vision for Issue Workflow platform vision. Make strategic calls about architectural direction, technology choices, and technical debt. Ensure the team is building a strong foundation to scale with Sentry’s growth
Solve complex performance and scalability challenges
Champion product quality and user experience. Build features that don’t just work—they delight. You understand that milliseconds matter in the developer experience. You sweat the details of interfaces, error messages, loading states, and edge cases. You instrument everything so the team can measure and improve
Mentor and elevate others. You’ve helped engineers grow their skills. You celebrate wins and learn from failures alongside your teammates
Benefits
Competitive Compensation + Equity
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Commuter Stipend
Professional Development Stipend
Health & Wellness Benefits
Charitable Matching Program
Flexible PTO
Paid Parental Leave
401k Plan
Preferred experience
Are a distributed systems engineer who understands the realities of high-scale architectures
You know about eventual consistency, partitioning strategies, caching layers, and query optimization
Are product-minded and understand that great engineering serves users
You’ve debugged enough systems at scale that you now know to design for failure and build systems that degrade gracefully
You collaborate effectively with Product and Design, offering technical perspectives that shape better products
Have strong full-stack instincts. While this role is backend-heavy, you understand the entire system from data ingestion to what renders in the browser
Ou can explain technical constraints in user-centric terms. You get excited about making developers’ lives better, not just solving technical puzzles
You know enough about frontend performance, API design, and user experience to make good architectural decisions that consider the whole picture
Include and uplift others. You’ve helped engineers grow their skills in systems design, coding practices, and product thinking
You’re generous with knowledge and patient in explaining complex concepts. You celebrate wins and learn from failures alongside your teammates
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
10+ years in full-stack software engineering, ideally Python and Typescript
Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred
Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues
