Staff Software Engineer, Issue Workflow
Core
Architect high-scale distributed systems and real-time data pipelines for Sentry's primary issue tracking platform, processing billions of events to help developers fix bugs faster.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead)
Builds
Real-time data pipelines, search backends, and analysis systems for issue grouping and agentic workflows.
Domain
Application Monitoring / High-scale Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems architecture, Domain modeling, High-scale system design, Technical strategy, Full-stack system understanding, Performance optimization, System reliability design, API design, Product-technical translation, Mentorship
Preferred skills
Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Kafka
Technologies
Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Kafka
Responsibilities
Drive technical strategy and roadmap for the Issue Workflow platform; Solve complex performance and scalability challenges for billion-event scale systems; Champion product quality and user experience in developer-facing interfaces; Mentor and elevate other engineers on systems design and product thinking.
Seniority
Staff, Technical Lead & Strategy
