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Senior Software Engineer

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Sentry

Sentry

201-500 employees

Full-stack application monitoring and observability

Consumer Software
Enterprise Software

Compensation Overview

$190k - $215kAnnually

+ Incentive Compensation + Equity Grants

Senior

Seattle, WA, USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Full-Stack Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Python
React.js
TypeScript
Django
Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience building user-facing web applications and APIs.
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, or related field, and/or relevant experience.
  • Have substantial experience with backend frameworks/languages to build large-scale web applications. Brownie points for familiarity with Django.
  • Have experience with frontend frameworks/languages to be self-sufficient on simple changes.
  • Have experience leading engineering teams or complex technical projects.
Responsibilities
  • Build and maintain features/integrations with other SaaS services using Django (Python) and React (TypeScript) in our open-source codebase.
  • Build and maintain API tooling and related services, and help engineers across the company to adopt them in their teams.
  • Design and implement scalable interfaces that can be reused within broad categories of SaaS apps (e.g. communication apps like Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams).
  • Research other SaaS apps, either through documentation or hands-on exploration, to find the best way to augment Sentry’s product experience with them.
  • Contribute to the engineering goals of the team, and advocate for your ideas to be included in the product roadmap.
  • Build tests, set up monitoring and alerts for your work to maintain a high engineering standard for Sentry.
  • Review code from your teammates and mentor less-experienced engineers.

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

$217.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2011

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

25%
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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.

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