Solutions Engineer at Sentry

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Software DevelopmentIndustries

Requirements

  • 3+ years as a Solutions Engineer (preferred), Implementation Consultant, Support Engineer, or Software Developer with experience leading projects and/or working with customers
  • Hands-on experience working with programming languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, .NET, Ruby, React, React Native, Mobile Native (iOS and/or Android), etc
  • Possess excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Problem solver, knowledgeable, and can-doer
  • Enjoy talking about technology and interfacing with engineers and engineering leaders
  • Appreciate working in a dynamic environment, on a variety of projects with customers from lots of different industries
  • Love flexing your creative brain by developing solutions, resources, and content from scratch (scripts, code samples, demos, sales-consumable collateral/documents, etc.)
  • Have a fast-paced, results-driven mindset
  • Love developer tools, open-source, and/or all things software development life cycle

Responsibilities

  • Understand customers' pain points and objectives and translate those into implementation and onboarding plans to meet those objectives and demonstrate business value
  • Develop best practices, educational offerings, and content around error and performance management, open-source, or the Sentry product (ex: “how-to” articles and/or videos on specific functionality of the product)
  • Act as a trusted advisor and subject-matter expert for customers to assist with instrumenting software engineering and monitoring best practices
  • Provide workshop-level interaction to customers in order to drive the maturity of use and broader adoption
  • Work cross-functionally (internally) to provide feedback to the product and development teams and align Sentry's product roadmap with improving time to value-delivered

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Solutions EngineeringSDK IntegrationError MonitoringPerformance MonitoringCustomer OnboardingSoftware InstrumentationDeveloper ToolsOpen SourceTechnical WorkshopsImplementation Planning

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the work location or remote policy for this role?

Sentry embraces a hybrid work model, with Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays set as in-office anchor days to encourage meaningful collaboration.

What technical skills or experience are required for this position?

Candidates need 3+ years as a Solutions Engineer (preferred), Implementation Consultant, Support Engineer, or Software Developer with experience leading projects and/or working with customers, plus hands-on experience with programming languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, and PHP.

What is the salary or compensation for this role?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What is the company culture like at Sentry?

Sentry has a dynamic, fast-paced environment focused on building developer tools, with a hybrid model emphasizing in-office collaboration on anchor days, and values helping developers write better software while enjoying technology.

What makes a strong candidate for this Solutions Engineer role?

Strong candidates enjoy talking about technology, interfacing with engineers, working in dynamic environments on varied projects, flexing creativity to develop solutions and content, and have a fast-paced, results-driven mindset with love for developer tools and open-source.

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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