# Staff Software Engineer, Issue Workflow

**Company:** [Sentry](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sentry)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $240k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Postgres, ClickHouse, Kafka, Distributed Systems, Domain Modeling, Data Stores, Message Queues, Full-Stack
**Posted:** 2026-02-18

> Staff Software Engineer architects high-scale distributed systems for Sentry's Issue Workflow platform, building real-time data pipelines, search backends, and analysis systems to help developers fix bugs faster. Requires 10+ years experience in full-stack engineering with Python/TypeScript and distributed systems expertise.

## Job Description

## In this role you will
- **Drive technical strategy and roadmap.** Partner with engineering leadership, product, and design to shape the multi-quarter technical vision for Issue Workflow platform vision. Make strategic calls about architectural direction, technology choices, and technical debt.
- **Solve complex performance and scalability challenges.**
- **Champion product quality and user experience.** Build features that don't just work—they delight. You understand that milliseconds matter in the developer experience.
- **Mentor and elevate others.** You've helped engineers grow their skills.

## You’ll love this job if you
- Are a **distributed systems engineer** who understands the realities of high-scale architectures.
- Are **product-minded** and understand that great engineering serves users.
- Have **strong full-stack instincts**. While this role is backend-heavy, you understand the entire system.
- **Include and uplift others.**

## Qualifications
- 10+ years in full-stack software engineering, ideally Python and Typescript
- Expertise in domain modeling, distributed systems, data stores, message queues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, and Kafka is preferred

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