Senior Software Engineer (Events Analytics Platform)
Company: Sentry
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada {{REMOTE}}
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-06-12
About this role
- The Events Analytics Platform (EAP) team is responsible for the infrastructure that powers all of Sentry’s time-series data and searching capabilities across billions of events with sub-second latency
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead efforts to push the boundaries of data visibility at Sentry
- You will do this by expanding the capabilities of our search infrastructure, building new capabilities on top of our state-of-the-art storage layer and increasing the performance and integrity of Sentry’s core data service
- You will also help shape Infrastructure’s technical direction at Sentry and collaborate with Product and other Engineering teams to turn that vision into a reality
- If you want to solve the hard problems that come with scaling event data into the petabyte range, this could be the job for you
- Expand EAP’s ability to deliver data at world-class speed and reliability
- Architect and automate services and systems to scale reliably under growing demand
- Make architectural trade-offs that balance product requirements with engineering constraints
- Maintain and grow the team’s code quality initiatives by regularly reviewing code and contributing to design decisions
- Lead design and discussions around deliverables the team is working towards
- Improve the maintainability and developer experience of the codebases EAP owns
### Benefits
- Competitive Compensation + Equity
- 401k Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Commuter Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Charitable Matching Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave- Streaming Platforms: Kafka, RabbitMQ
- You have experience with some or all of the following systems we leverage:
- Memory-driven Storage Systems: Memcached, Redis
- Minimum of 4+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering
- In the Toronto area or willing to relocate
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
- Disk-d...