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Sentry · 20 hours ago

Engineering Manager, Event Streaming

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityDirector/Executive
money$240K/yr - $280K/yr
date10+ years exp

Sentry is a company on a mission to help developers write better software faster, building performance and error monitoring tools used by major organizations. They are seeking an Engineering Manager for their Event Streaming team, responsible for leading a globally distributed group of engineers, driving the evolution of their event streaming platform, and fostering a high-performing team culture.

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Responsibilities

Lead a globally distributed team working on one of the most foundational systems at Sentry
Nurture and grow engineers at different levels, providing support through coaching, mentorship, and career development
Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture focused on ownership, learning, and delivery
Drive the evolution of Sentry's event streaming platform, contributing to system architecture and owning key technical decisions
Collaborate with product engineering teams to build scalable APIs and developer-friendly primitives that abstract away the complexity of streaming infrastructure
Own the reliability, performance, and delivery of the team's roadmap while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration

Qualification

Software engineeringEngineering managementReal-time event processingStreaming systemsTeam mentorshipTechnical communicationCross-team collaboration

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with a focus on backend, distributed systems, or infrastructure
4+ years of engineering management experience, including growing and managing teams of 10 or more engineers
Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager leading the architecture, development, and long-term evolution of large-scale, real-time event processing systems
Familiarity with streaming systems like Kafka, Flink, Beam, Spark Streaming, or similar technologies
Strong technical communication skills and a track record of effective cross-team and leadership collaboration
Proven experience delivering and owning multi-year engineering efforts in a leadership or tech lead capacity
Comfortable working across org boundaries and aligning product, infra, and platform priorities

Benefits

Incentive compensation
Equity grants
Paid time off
Group health insurance coverage

Company

Sentry

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Sentry is a developer of an application monitoring platform that helps developers optimize the performance of their code.
dateFounded in 2012
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.sentry.io

H1B Sponsorship

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2023 (3)
2022 (12)
2021 (6)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$217M
Key Investors
AccelNew Enterprise Associates
2022-05-04Series E· $90M
2021-02-18Series D· $60M
2019-09-24Series C· $40M

Leadership Team

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Milin Desai
Chief Executive Officer
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Chris Jennings
Co-founder, Chief Creative Officer
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