Software Engineer, Ingest

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 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

About the role

As a 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

• 2+ 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

We are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 47,400,-- gross per year for this position, in accordance with the respective collective agreement (IT-KV). The salary that Sentry offers you is adjusted to the current market situation and our starting point is EUR 81,000-- gross per year.

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 group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Company’s 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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