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Software Engineer, Streaming Platform

Sentry · San Francisco, California · Remote

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About Sentry

Application performance monitoring for developers & software teams to see errors clearer, solve issues faster & continue learning continuously. Get started at sentry.io. Backed by Accel, NEA and 500 Global.

About the role

The Streaming Platform team at Sentry is building the next generation of infrastructure that powers our ingestion pipelines and real-time data processing systems. Our platform ingests, processes, and distributes hundreds of thousands of events per second with low latency and high reliability. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • At least 2-3 years of software engineering experience, with background in distributed systems, data infrastructure, or real-time streaming
  • Proficiency in a programming language such as Python, Rust, Go, or Java (we primarily use Python and Rust, but experience in similar languages is valuable)
  • Experience building and operating systems in cloud environments such as Kubernetes, AWS, or GCP
  • Nice to have: experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming, or similar tools
More about this role

Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.

Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.

The Streaming Platform team at Sentry is building the next generation of infrastructure that powers our ingestion pipelines and real-time data processing systems. Our platform ingests, processes, and distributes hundreds of thousands of events per second with low latency and high reliability. We are creating a system that makes it easy for Sentry engineers to deploy and run Streaming Applications at scale by simplifying the complexity of Kafka, scaling consumers automatically, and managing state so product teams can focus on building great experiences for developers.

As part of this team, you will work on challenges at the intersection of distributed systems, real-time data processing, and developer experience. You will help us create a self-service streaming platform that improves stability, accelerates time to production, and reduces operational...

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