Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Product Foundation

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Sentry

Sentry

201-500 employees

Full-stack application monitoring and observability

Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

$190k - $215kAnnually

+ Incentive Compensation + Equity Grants

Senior

Seattle, WA, USA

Category
Frontend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Python
React.js
TypeScript
Django
Requirements
  • 6+ years of experience building user-facing web applications and APIs
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, or related field, and/or relevant experience
  • Strong experience with of React/Typescript (or similar frameworks and languages)
  • Working experience with Django/Python (or similar frameworks and languages)
Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain features/integrations with other SaaS services using React (TypeScript) and Django (Python) in our open-source codebase
  • Have opportunities to work on high-impact projects that touch the entire stack: understanding the event ingestion pipeline; delving into search and storage systems; and surfacing that data to our customers on our backend and frontend codebases
  • Write tests for your code to maintain a high code quality and raise the engineering standard for Sentry
  • Set up monitoring and alerting to ensure application health and uptime
  • Review code and mentor less-experienced engineers
  • Write user-facing documentation to support new features with help from our technical writing staff

Sentry offers full-stack application monitoring and observability, providing deep context, session replay, and distributed tracing to identify errors and performance bottlenecks across frontend and backend technologies, supporting JavaScript, Python, PHP, and more.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$210.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2011

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

5%

1 year growth

5%

2 year growth

16%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Winning the 2023 Digital Innovator Award from Intellyx highlights Sentry's industry recognition and innovative edge.
  • The launch of new features like Mobile Performance Monitoring and Semantic Versioning demonstrates Sentry's commitment to continuous improvement and addressing developer needs.
  • Sentry's partnerships and studies, such as the one with SlashData, show its proactive approach to understanding and solving developer challenges.

What critics are saying

  • Transitioning to the Functional Source License may alienate some open-source advocates and users.
  • The competitive landscape in application performance monitoring is intense, with major players like New Relic and Datadog posing significant threats.

What makes Sentry unique

  • Sentry's introduction of the Functional Source License (FSL) aims to balance open-source freedom with commercial protection, setting it apart from competitors.
  • The company's focus on developer-first application monitoring, with features like auto-detection of performance issues, provides a unique value proposition.
  • Sentry's strategic acquisitions, such as Codecov, enhance its platform's capabilities, making it a comprehensive solution for developers.

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Benefits

Competitive Compensation + Equity

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Commuter Stipend

Professional Development Stipend

Health & Wellness Benefits

Charitable Matching Program

Flexible PTO

Paid Parental Leave