# Senior Security Engineer, Application & Platform Security

**Company:** [Sentry](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sentry)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $190k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Python, Go, Rust, Cryptography, Pki, Tls
**Posted:** 2026-02-06

> Senior Security Engineer drives security solutions for Sentry's cloud-based application and Kubernetes platform, partnering with engineering on architecture, threat modeling, and implementations. Requires 6+ years experience securing distributed systems, cloud/container environments, and programming in Python/Go/Rust.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead highly impactful initiatives to solve critical security challenges, from idea formulation to design and implementation.
- Work on cross company objectives to influence and achieve security objectives.
- Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance the company's security posture with an eye towards scalability.
- Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in our systems and data, as well as help develop and implement solutions to safeguard them.
- Enable cross-functional teams to implement security solutions aligned with Secure-by-Design concepts and standards.

## Qualifications
- 6+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Strong fundamentals in computer science skills.
- Experience in securing container based environments in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their SDKs/APIs.
- Degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Experienced and comfortable programming in at least one language, with a strong preference for **Python**, **Go**, or **Rust**.
- Applied knowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, and practical implementations.
- An up to date understanding of the threat landscape as it pertains to SaaS companies.
- Strong communication skills.

## Compensation
Base salary range: **$190,000 to $280,000 USD**. Eligible for employee benefit plans including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance.

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