Engineering Manager, Product Platform

About Sentry

Bad software is everywhere, and we’re tired of it. Sentry is on a mission to help developers write better software faster so we can get back to enjoying technology.

With more than $217 million in funding and 100,000+ organizations that believe we’re on to something, we're building performance and error monitoring tools that help companies like Disney, Microsoft, and Atlassian spend less time fixing bugs and more time building products.

Sentry embraces a hybrid work model across our global hubs, with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration. If you like to selfishly build things that make your digital life better, come help us build the next generation of software monitoring tools.

About the role

The core product organization at Sentry is responsible for the primary product surfaces of Sentry.io that are used and beloved by developers all over the world. We own errors, issues, issue detection, AI and ML driven insights, notifications, and all the product areas in between like authentication, settings, and billing. Our teams process 10s of billions of events per day and operate distributed systems that span the globe.

The product platform team (that you would manage) owns shared systems within core product: IAM, billing, and all other framework layer interfaces within our monolithic python Django application (state synchronization across regions, integration layers with acquisitions, etc).

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of engineers, leveraging your own product and distributed systems engineering experience to provide technical guidance to the team, driving the delivery of robust, scalable and impactful product features.

In this role you will

• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented platform engineers. Build a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within the team. Conduct regular 1:1s, provide constructive feedback, and support career development.

• Strategic Planning & Roadmap: Define and drive the team's roadmap. Align team goals with organizational objectives and contribute to the overall platform strategy.

• Technical Guidance & Oversight: Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex distributed systems and software design.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner closely with business operations, security, and engineering teams to translate business objectives into scalable solutions.

• Operational Excellence: Guide the team in defining and implementing robust processes and automations for 24x7 coverage of daily operational tasks. Ensure the team is proactively identifying areas for improvement.

• Communication & Reporting: Effectively communicate team progress, challenges, and strategic direction to senior leadership, stakeholders, and the wider organization. Represent the team's work internally and externally, including through blog posts and presentations.

• Hiring & Growth: Actively participate in the hiring process to expand the team, identifying and attracting top talent who can contribute to Sentry’s mission and culture.

You’ll love this job if you

• Are a product and platform-minded leader who enjoys distributed systems and software architecture problems. You regard Product and Design as your peers, seeking collaboration when determining product outcomes and technical priorities for the team

• Have high agency and like to completely own your outcomes

• Have a strong engineering background that you can use to inform and validate the team’s technical decisions

• Thrive in cross-functional environments, collaborating with individuals across many disciplines to deliver the best solutions possible

• Have an eye for good product design and usability

• Love to foster career growth, finding opportunities for team members to excel

Qualifications

Skills & Tags

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