Senior Software Engineer, Ingest

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 $217 million in funding and 100,000+ organizations 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.
Sentry embraces a hybrid work model, with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration. 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  As a Senior Software Engineer (Ingest) on our Client Infrastructure team, you'll collaborate with a talented group of engineers to power the systems that process millions of events every minute! You'll get hands-on with our core ingestion pipelines - including our open-source projects Relay and Symbolicator - where every line of code directly impacts developers worldwide. Imagine optimizing real-time data flows, designing bulletproof distributed systems, and pioneering new solutions that keep Sentry at the forefront of application monitoring.

We build the backbone that lets developers focus on what matters most.
You’ll be instrumental in building and scaling the core infrastructure that powers Sentry's data ingestion. You will tackle complex engineering challenges and contribute significantly to open-source projects that help developers worldwide.
In this role you will   Design, build, and operate globally distributed, horizontally scalable infrastructure to reliably ingest mission-critical data from customer applications
Collaborate within the Client Infrastructure team to continuously improve and evolve our data processing pipeline and the services supporting Sentry's scale
Solve intricate problems related to distributed systems, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing
Leverage multiple programming languages and technologies (primarily Rust, alongside Python) to address critical system-level challenges
Partner with Infrastructure and Operations teams to architect and implement solutions designed to handle over a billion events daily
Ensure the correctness and maintainability of your work through comprehensive unit and integration testing, complemented by clear documentation for colleagues and customers
Contribute to the stability and operational health of our services by participating in an on-call rotation
You’ll love this job if you   Have a genuine passion for writing clean, performant, and high-quality code
Are excited about building a product designed by developers, specifically for developers like yourself
Thrive in a modern, fast-paced environment where teams iterate quickly and ship code often
Are enthusiastic about the opportunity to contribute full-time to impactful open-source projects (like our core Sentry product)
Get excited about joining an agile crew where engineers challenge and inspire each other to constantly level up
Qualifications   5+ years relevant experience
Experience in compiled programming languages (C, C++, Rust)
Experience in solving complex problems by developing high-quality, high-performance software
Thrive in an environment with minimal supervision
Passionate about the software and system design
Bonus points for experience with Python, Kafka, Redis, Postgres
Good written and spoken English communication skills
The base salary range (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is CAD $185,000 to $211,000. A successful candidate’s actual base salary (or hourly wage) amount will be determined by a variety of relevant factors including, without limitation, the candidate’s work location, education, work and other relevant experience, skills, and job-related knowledge. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidate’s position (including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and…