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.

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. We started this initiative by building Snuba, the primary storage and query service for Sentry’s event data powered by ClickHouse, and we are now focused on unlocking deeper visibility and reporting across the terabytes of event data our users generate. 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 services. 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. 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.





Improve the maintainability and developer experience of the codebases EAP owns.

Examples of projects our team has worked on: How Sentry queries unstructured data in Clickhouse Minimum of 4+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering. Strong knowledge of replicated and/or distributed data storage systems. Proficiency in Python or a comparable language.

PostgreSQL, ClickHouse Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly. In the Toronto area or willing to relocate. 200,000 to $295,000 CAD . 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).

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📌 Senior Software Engineer (Events Analytics Platform) (Toronto)
🏢 Sentry
📍 Toronto