About the position
As a Senior Software Engineer on Sentry’s Issues team, you’ll join a cross-functional team of engineers responsible for our most used product experience. This is a high-impact role; Errors and Issues are the main entry point for users to Sentry. We build and maintain features including: issue detection and search, error grouping, and issue workflows as well as status updates and many of their downstream effects. In this role you will also help define the future direction of a product that is loved by millions of developers worldwide. Collaborating directly with other teams throughout the company, becoming a member of our frontend technical steering committee, establishing ownership of a feature set and growing your technical skills are just a few of the other activities you can expect from this role.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain features/integrations with other SaaS services using React (TypeScript) and Django (Python) in our open-source codebase.
- Work closely with product management and the team to define, implement and ship new features.
- Build tests and set up monitoring for your work to maintain a high engineering standard for Sentry.
- Raise the team’s technical aptitude through code review and mentorship.
- Tech lead high value initiatives and implement high quality features driving engineering excellence.
- Collaborate with technical writing staff to create user-focused documentation that supports new product features.
Requirements
- 5+ years professional engineering experience
- 3+ years of experience working on large-scale applications
- 3+ years of experience with TypeScript and React or similar web framework
- Experience with end-to-end ownership of a large feature or system
- Experience writing and presenting technical documentation
- Team level mentorship and leadership experience on large projects
- Familiarity with Django and Python is a plus
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit plans/programs including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.
