Sentry
Technology
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,ControlPlane
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“Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane at Sentry. Skills: Distributed systems, Control plane systems, Infrastructure primitives. Build control plane systems. Enhance control plane systems”
Industry & Context.
Distributed systems thinking; Architectural problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Experience designing distributed systems, Experience operating distributed systems, Experience building infrastructure services, Experience building platform APIs, Experience with cloud platforms, Experience operating containerized systems, Track record operating production systems, Written communication skills
Nice to Have
Rust proficiency is a plus, Experience with AWS, Experience with Azure, Experience with GCP, Experience with Docker, Experience with Kubernetes
What You'll Do.
Build control plane systems
Enhance control plane systems
Improve observability
Partner with engineering teams
Provide infrastructure primitives
Provide infrastructure standards
Operate critical infrastructure
Continuous improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with engineering teams; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Document platform systems
Full Job Description
ABOUT SENTRY 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. ABOUT THE ROLE Sentry.io http://Sentry.io provides a suite of services to diagnose health problems in their customers’ applications. These tools are mission-critical to companies who want to respond effectively in fast-paced markets. We make the development and deployment of these tools a safe and enjoyable experience, by maintaining a succinct and helpful continuous integration environment and an informative deployment pipeline. The Centralized Tenancy and Routing Layer (CTRL) team builds and operates the foundational infrastructure that defines customer boundaries and coordinates lifecycle operations across Sentry’s distributed architecture. These systems power how customers are managed and how services communicate and replicate data safely across our ecosystem. As a Senior Software Engineer on the CTRL team, you’ll design and operate the core platform primitives that make this architecture possible. Your work will focus on distributed coordination, cross-cell routing, replication infrastructure, and lifecycle orchestration for the customer environment. This role sits at the heart of Sentry’s platform architecture—building the control systems that ensure the platform operates safely and correctly at global scale. The work requires strong engineering judgment and deep distributed systems thinking. You’ll design systems where correctness and reliability are critical, and build abstractions that many teams depend on but rarely see directly. Ultimately, you’ll help build the infrastructure that enables Sentry’s SaaS platform to scale safely across a distributed, multi-cell architecture. IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL - Build and enhanc
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