About this role

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.

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:
Kubernetes, Terraform, Service Mesh
Kafka and real-time streaming frameworks (e.g., Flink, Beam)
OLAP/OLTP databases, blob storage, caching
Experience mentoring senior/staff-level engineers.

Staff Software Engineer – Platform

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