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Engineering Manager, Data Platform

San Francisco, CaliforniaFull-time$220k–$400k2026-11-13
Based in United States

Core

Lead the Events Analytics Platform (EAP) team to build and operate distributed data systems storing and querying petabytes of telemetry data for Sentry's products and AI agent Seer.

Role type

Engineering Manager, Data Platform

Builds

Distributed data systems, analytical infrastructure, and storage/query platforms for petabyte-scale telemetry.

Domain

SaaS / Observability / Data Infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems, analytical databases (OLAP), data infrastructure, team leadership, architectural decision-making, production system ownership, cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred skills

ClickHouse, Apache Pinot, Apache Druid, query optimization, high-throughput data processing, observability infrastructure, Python, Rust.

Technologies

ClickHouse, Apache Pinot, Apache Druid, Python, Rust

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of engineers on large-scale distributed data systems; Drive technical execution and architectural decisions for storage and query infrastructure; Build and evolve analytical data systems for complex queries and high-throughput workloads; Guide architecture evolution including query optimization and storage/compute separation; Own operational health, reliability, and incident response; Partner with product engineering to deliver platform capabilities; Support AI-powered capabilities by serving analytical workloads for Seer.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on technical leadership