Senior Staff Platform Engineer — Scale & Architect Future

Sentry; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 260,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter stipend

Professional development stipend

Charitable matching program

Flexible PTO

Company match

Job summary

Sentry is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for its Platform group to shape the architecture and scale of our cloud infrastructure and services. You will report to the VP of Engineering and collaborate with engineers and product leaders to drive platform initiatives.

You’ll own end-to-end architecture projects, mentor engineers, and foster technical excellence to ensure long-term health, scalability, and performance across the company.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
• 3+ years in a technical architecture or equivalent leadership role.
• Proven track record of leading cross-team, high-impact engineering projects.
• Ability to create production-quality proof-of-concept architectures and write high-quality code.
• Deep knowledge of modern infrastructure technologies, including: Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam); OLAP/OLTP databases, blob storage, caching.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect the future of Sentry by translating business needs and product strategy into clear, 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

Distributed systems experience

Cloud engineering

Technical architecture leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Excellent communication

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Beam

OLAP databases

OLTP databases

Blob storage

Caching

Job description

Sentry is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for its Platform group to shape the architecture and scale of our cloud infrastructure and services. You will report to the VP of Engineering and collaborate with engineers and product leaders to drive platform initiatives.

You’ll own end-to-end architecture projects, mentor engineers, and foster technical excellence to ensure long-term health, scalability, and performance across the company.