Director of Engineering, Platform (Runtime & Stateful Systems)

The role

You will lead multiple engineering teams and Staff engineers responsible for runtime and stateful systems. You will set technical vision, drive architectural changes, and develop engineering leaders for OLTP and OLAP databases, real-time compute, blob storage, and distributed caching.

What you will do

• Lead multiple engineering teams and Staff engineers responsible for runtime and stateful systems
• Set the technical vision and strategy across multiple systems
• Drive significant architectural changes and technical initiatives
• Provide technical leadership across teams
• Own the execution and operational excellence of mission-critical systems
• Build and develop a strong engineering organization through hiring and mentoring
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence and technical accountability
• Partner across Platform, Infrastructure, and Product to align priorities
• Anticipate evolving product and infrastructure needs

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in backend, platform, or infrastructure engineering
• Significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
• Director-level engineering management experience or equivalent senior leadership overseeing multiple teams
• Deep technical expertise in at least one of: OLTP databases, OLAP databases, Real-time compute and stream processing, Blob/object storage, or Distributed caching
• Demonstrated experience driving significant architectural changes
• Strong technical judgment and ability to engage in architectural discussions
• Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading engineering managers and senior technical talent
• Strong communication and organizational leadership skills
• Experience operating mission-critical infrastructure

Benefits

• Incentive compensation
• Equity grants
• Paid time off
• Group health insurance coverage

About the company

Sentry is an application monitoring standard trusted by 200,000+ organizations. The company helps developers fix errors and performance issues and is building an AI-native future.