Senior Software Engineer, Ingest at Sentry

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.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience
• Experience in compiled programming languages (C, C++, Rust)
• Experience in solving complex problems by developing high-quality, high-performance software
• Thrive in an environment with minimal supervision
• Passionate about the software and system design
• Bonus points for experience with Python, Kafka, Redis, Postgres
• Good written and spoken English communication skills

• 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

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https://sentry.io/careers/739c014a-1dfe-4a75-bea5-e720c2e41bed/