Engineering Manager, Events Analytics Platform

Responsibilities

• Grow and develop a team of engineers with high expectations for ownership and impact.
• Set the technical and strategic direction for the team, balancing short-term stability with long-term architectural evolution.
• Drive development of core EAP features, including support for complex analytical queries, dynamic routing logic across fidelity levels, storage and compute separation, and modern patterns for analytical storage.
• Ensure EAP can support the workload demands of AI agents and MCP servers that unlock new AI capabilities for Sentry.
• Guide the unification of all event data into EAP and enable fast, complex cross-event querying at scale.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including Product Engineering, Streaming, Production Engineering, Security, and Compliance.
• Lead the team through incidents, postmortems, and scaling challenges while fostering operational excellence.
• Build a healthy and collaborative team culture rooted in growth, accountability, and inclusion.

Requirements

• 10+ years of industry experience in software engineering, including 4+ years of people management experience with career development and performance management.
• Strong technical background in data platforms, storage systems, or analytical backends (for example, ClickHouse, Pinot, or Druid).
• Experience with distributed systems, query optimization, or scaling data-intensive workloads.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Nice-to-Haves

• Proficiency with Python, Rust, or a similar programming language.
• Familiarity with observability, developer tools, or event-driven systems.

Compensation

• Base salary range: $220,000 - $280,000.
• Eligible for incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance coverage.