Senior Software Engineer, Ingest

As a Senior Software Engineer (Ingest) on our Client Infrastructure team, you'll collaborate with a talented group of engineers to power the systems that process millions of events every minute! You'll get hands-on with our core ingestion pipelines - including our open-source projects Relay and Symbolicator - where every line of code directly impacts developers worldwide. Imagine optimizing real-time data flows, designing bulletproof distributed systems, and pioneering new solutions that keep Sentry at the forefront of application monitoring. We build the backbone that lets developers focus on what matters most. You'll be instrumental in building and scaling the core infrastructure that powers Sentry's data ingestion. You will tackle complex engineering challenges and contribute significantly to open-source projects that help developers worldwide. In this role you will Design, build, and operate globally distributed, horizontally scalable infrastructure to reliably ingest mission-critical data from customer applications Collaborate within the Client Infrastructure team to continuously improve and evolve our data processing pipeline and the services supporting Sentry's scale Solve intricate problems related to distributed systems, performance optimization, and high-throughput data processing Leverage multiple programming languages and technologies (primarily Rust, alongside Python) to address critical system-level challenges Partner with Infrastructure and Operations teams to architect and implement solutions designed to handle over a billion events daily Ensure the correctness and maintainability of your work through comprehensive unit and integration testing, complemented by clear documentation for colleagues and customers Contribute to the stability and operational health of our services by participating in an on-call rotation You'll love this job if you Have a genuine passion for writing clean, performant, and high-quality code Are excited about building a product designed by developers, specifically for developers like yourself Thrive in a modern, fast-paced environment where teams iterate quickly and ship code often Are enthusiastic about the opportunity to contribute full-time to impactful open-source projects (like our core Sentry product) Get excited about joining an agile crew where engineers challenge and inspire each other to constantly level up

Bad software is everywhere, and we're tired of it. Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster so we can get back to enjoying technology. With more than $217 million in funding and 100,000+ organizations that believe we're on to something, we're building performance and error monitoring tools that help companies like Disney, Microsoft, and Atlassian spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products. Sentry embraces a hybrid work model, with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration. If you like to selfishly build things that make your digital life better, come help us build the next generation of software monitoring tools.