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Sentry

Forward Deployed Engineer

Sentry

. Understand customers' pain points and objectives and translate them into implementation plans, workshops, and best practices .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $190,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Software Engineering and Solutions Engineering, with a strong focus on implementing observability solutions and customer engagement. Proficient in programming languages and frameworks, with a proven ability to communicate effectively with technical teams and lead deployment initiatives.

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Software Engineering ExperienceSolutions Engineering ExperienceJavaScript ProgrammingPython ProgrammingObservability Tools Experience

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Hard Skills
JavaScriptPythonNode.jsJavaPHP.NETRubyReactReact NativeMobile Native
Soft Skills
Excellent CommunicationPresentation SkillsProblem-Solving AbilityCan-Do Attitude
Tools & Technologies
SentryAPM ToolsError Monitoring Tools
Industry Keywords
Customer EngineeringForward Deployed EngagementsImplementation PlansDeployment PlaybooksTelemetry

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AndroidiOSJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPHPPythonReactReact NativeRuby.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Understand customers' pain points and objectives and translate them into implementation plans, workshops, and best practices
  • Work in customer codebases to deliver pull requests that set up Sentry and enable data flow from day one
  • Add custom telemetry for critical user journeys and build associated dashboards and alerts
  • Lead migrations from existing observability tools to Sentry
  • Work within assigned scope and access, test thoroughly, and ship production-ready pull requests
  • Embed with customer teams, including on site when helpful
  • Turn deployments into repeatable playbooks and tooling
  • Help define how forward deployed engagements are scoped and measured
  • Bring deployment learnings to Product and Engineering

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 3+ years of experience, with some mixture of Software Engineering and Solutions Engineering/Implementation and at least 1+ year being a FDE
  • Hands-on experience with programming languages and frameworks including JavaScript, Python, Node.js, Java, PHP, .NET, Ruby, React, React Native, Mobile Native (iOS and/or Android), etc.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with credibility in front of engineers and engineering leaders
  • Problem-solving ability and a can-do attitude
  • Experience with observability, APM, or error monitoring tools is a bonus
  • Experience migrating customers from another vendor or helping build a forward deployed or customer engineering function is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Incentive compensation
  • Equity grants
  • Paid time off
  • Group health insurance coverage
  • Reasonable accommodations for employees and candidates with disabilities