Senior Platform Architect: Scale & Reliability

Sentry; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation + Equity

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Commuter Stipend

Professional Development Stipend

Health & Wellness Benefits

Charitable Matching Program

Flexible PTO

Paid Parental Leave

401k Plan

Job summary

Sentry is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help lead the evolution of our Platform. You will report to the VP of Engineering and work with teams across the company to translate business needs into scalable technical blueprints and align roadmaps with company goals.

You will own cross-cutting initiatives end-to-end, mentor engineers, and set high standards for design, scalability, and operational quality, ensuring long-term technical health across Sentry.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• 3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role
• 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems
• Deep knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies
• Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers
• Excellent communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts to diverse stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Architect the future of Sentry by translating business needs and product strategy into scalable technical blueprints.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to align technical roadmaps with company goals.
• Lead cross-cutting initiatives across the Platform org—owning them end-to-end and driving meaningful outcomes.
• Promote engineering excellence by mentoring platform engineers, sharing best practices, and setting high standards for system design, scalability, and operational quality.
• Review major architectural proposals and help ensure consistency, maintainability, and long-term technical health across the company

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Architectural vision

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Service Mesh

Kafka

Flink

Beam

AWS

GCP

Blob storage

Caching

Job description

Sentry is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to help lead the evolution of our Platform. You will report to the VP of Engineering and work with teams across the company to translate business needs into scalable technical blueprints and align roadmaps with company goals.

You will own cross-cutting initiatives end-to-end, mentor engineers, and set high standards for design, scalability, and operational quality, ensuring long-term technical health across Sentry.