Head of Security at Sentry

San Francisco, California, United States

Sentry Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, SaaSIndustries

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of modern security domains with expertise in at least two of: application/product security, infrastructure security, corporate/IT security
  • 10+ years relevant experience, including 5+ years in security-focused roles and prior management experience
  • Strong technical background (CS degree or equivalent software engineering experience)
  • Proven experience building and managing security programs (bug bounty, pen testing, red teaming, secure SDLC, training)
  • Passionate about creatively building out security solutions for both open-source and SaaS environments
  • Seek ownership and high impact at a company whose customers are deeply technical
  • Have a knack for finding weaknesses and automating them out of existence
  • Enjoy mentoring and upleveling teams across engineering, IT, and compliance
  • Driven to make engineers’ lives easier and more efficient through secure defaults

Responsibilities

  • Ensure security for our SaaS platform—establish and operate the controls, guardrails, and monitoring required for a modern, high-scale, multi-tenant cloud service
  • Partner deeply with IT & Compliance on identity and access, endpoint/security baselines, vendor risk, policy, and audits; drive secure-by-default corporate foundations
  • Collaborate with executive leadership to fine-tune and evolve Sentry’s security strategy, set multi-year roadmaps, and communicate risks, tradeoffs, and outcomes
  • Build application and product security programs with support from the CTO and IT/Compliance orgs, including managing external parties for penetration tests and bug bounty programs
  • Prioritize automation and tooling over manual process; measure outcomes and continuously reduce risk and toil
  • Partner with Recruiting to build a world-class security team across AppSec, ProdSec, and GRC capabilities
  • Influence product roadmaps and customer-facing security features (e.g., MFA, session audit tooling, data controls)
  • Explore future security-adjacent product opportunities where Sentry can add value to developers and security teams
  • Define security objectives and key results (OKRs) for SaaS security posture, corporate security, and compliance outcomes
  • Collaborate with leaders in Engineering, Product, IT, and Compliance to align investments, policies, and incident response
  • Communicate security posture to leadership and contribute to board-level updates as needed

Skills

Bug Bounty
Penetration Testing
Red Teaming
SaaS Security
Multi-Tenant Security
Cloud Security
Identity Management
Access Management
Endpoint Security
Vendor Risk Management
Compliance
Audits

Sentry

Full-stack application monitoring and observability

About Sentry

Sentry offers full-stack application monitoring and observability, providing deep context, session replay, and distributed tracing to identify errors and performance bottlenecks across frontend and backend technologies, supporting JavaScript, Python, PHP, and more.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2011Year Founded
$210.6MTotal Funding
SERIES_ECompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise SoftwareIndustries
201-500Employees

Benefits

Competitive Compensation + Equity
401(k) Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Commuter Stipend
Professional Development Stipend
Health & Wellness Benefits
Charitable Matching Program
Flexible PTO
Paid Parental Leave

Risks

Competition from AI-powered tools like Devnaut may impact Sentry's market share.
The Functional Source License might deter developers preferring permissive open-source licenses.
Expanded integrations in Google's Gemini 2.0 could increase competition in error tracking.

Differentiation

Sentry offers real-time error tracking across the entire software stack.
The Functional Source License protects Sentry's commercial interests while supporting open-source collaboration.
Sentry's integration with Google's Gemini 2.0 enhances its visibility among developers.

Upsides

Integration with AI tools like Devnaut boosts Sentry's codebase visibility and productivity.
Sentry's focus on mobile performance monitoring aligns with growing demand in mobile solutions.
Winning the 2023 Digital Innovator Award highlights Sentry's leadership in digital transformation.

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