Software Engineer, Ingest

• 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

• 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, * 2+ 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

We are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 47,400,-- gross per year for this position, in accordance with the respective collective agreement (IT-KV). The salary that Sentry offers you is adjusted to the current market situation and our starting point is EUR 81,000-- gross per year.

A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry's employee benefit plans/programs applicable to the candidate's position (including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Company's benefit plans/programs.

Sentry helps every developer detect, understand, and fix broken code, fast. Using Sentry’s debugging platform–that favors action over dashboards–decreases resolution time from days to minutes, resulting in freed up dev cycles and happier customers. Founded in 2008 by David Cramer and Chris Jennings as an Open Source side project, Sentry is used by over 4 million developers and 100,000 organizations, including Disney, Cloudflare, GitHub, Slack, Instacart, Atlassian, and Riot Games. Learn more at Sentry or follow Sentry on Bluesky, GitHub, Twitter,  or LinkedIn.