About Sentry

Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.

Trusted by 200000 organizations Sentry is todays application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

About the role

Sentrys Infrastructure Engineering team is what makes operating Sentry simple safe and seamless for every other engineering team in the company. They build the internal control platforms configuration systems traffic routing and automation that let product engineers operate services safely at scale without needing deep infrastructure expertise themselves.

As the Engineering Manager for Infrastructure Engineering youll lead a team of engineers building the tools that power Sentrys growth: internal admin and change management tools configuration automation and the routing layer that underlies Sentrys architecture. Youll be responsible for technical vision team health system reliability and partnership with engineering teams across the company who depend on your teams tools every day.

Youll work closely with leaders across Infrastructure Platform and Production Engineering to shape how Sentry scales its operational model as the company grows.

In this role you will

• Lead a team of engineers building the internal control platforms that every engineering team at Sentry relies on to operate services safely.

• Drive the evolution of Infrastructure Engineerings platform including configuration management traffic routing and environment controls

• Own the teams technical direction contributing to key decisions on API architecture internal tooling design and automation frameworks.

• Nurture and grow engineers at different levels providing support through coaching mentorship and career development.

• Foster an inclusive high-performing team culture focused on ownership learning and delivery.

• Partner with Production Engineering SRE and Developer Infrastructure to make sure operational tooling stays consistent and well-scoped across the org.

• Own the reliability adoption and roadmap of the teams tools while building a culture of technical excellence and pragmatic decision making.

Youll love this job if you

• Are passionate about building tools that make operating complex systems simple for other engineers.

• Enjoy solving infrastructure problems around configuration routing and automation and turning them into clean self-service abstractions.

• Believe in using proven technologies and committing to a single reliable choice rather than chasing novelty.

• Think in terms of building for scale and cost effectiveness from day one and for the needs of many teams rather than one.

• Value cross-functional collaboration and thrive in hybrid in-person settings with engineers across functions levels and geographies.

• Take pride in building strong healthy teams and enabling them to lead high-impact multi-year initiatives.

• Want to be part of a thoughtful highly technical team that cares about long-term system health and operational simplicity.

Qualifications

• 10 years of software engineering experience ideally with a focus on internal tooling infrastructure automation platform engineering or distributed systems.

• 4 years of engineering management experience including growing and managing teams of engineers.

• Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager leading the architecture and long-term evolution of internal control platforms or similar systems.

• Strong backend or full-stack engineering background with solid Python skills.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes terraform python and a systems mindset for abstracting complex infrastructure for others to use.

• Strong technical communication skills and a track record of effective cross-team and leadership collaboration.

• Proven experience delivering and owning multi-year engineering initiatives in a leadership or technical leadership capacity.

• Comfortable working across org boundaries and aligning priorities across infra platform and product teams.

The base salary range (or hourly wage range if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is $220000 to $300000. A successful candidates actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including without limitation the candidates work location education work and other relevant experience skills and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentrys employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidates position (including incentive compensation equity grants paid time off and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Companys benefit plans/programs.

Equal Opportunity at Sentry

Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity veteran status or other legally-protected characteristic. This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs or (b) seek employment with Sentry. We strive to build a diverse team with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive. Sentry is an open-source company because we believe that everyone everywhere should have the ability and tools to make great software. Software should be accessible. That starts with making our industry accessible.

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