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Senior Software Engineer, Control Plane

190k – 280kSan Francisco, CAHybrid5+ YOE
Summary

Designs and operates control plane infrastructure for customer management, routing, and replication in Sentry's multi-cell architecture. Requires 5+ years experience with Python, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and container orchestration.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build and enhance the control plane systems that manage customer identity, placement, and lifecycle across a multi-cell architecture.
  • Improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of mission-critical control plane services.
  • Partner with engineering teams to provide safe infrastructure primitives and standards for cell-compatible systems.
  • Help operate critical infrastructure through incident response and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role.
  • Strong proficiency with Python; experience with Rust is a plus.
  • Experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
  • Strong understanding of replication, consistency models, and service coordination.
  • Experience building infrastructure services or platform APIs used by multiple teams.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Experience operating containerized systems (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Track record of operating production systems with strong ownership.
  • Strong written communication skills and ability to document platform systems clearly.

Compensation

Base salary range: $190,000 - $280,000 USD, plus incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance.

Skills
PythonRustDistributed SystemsKubernetesDockerAWSGCPAzureReplicationConsistency Models
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