Software Engineer, New Grad (2027)
Software Engineer · Junior · Full Time
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Role
What you'll do.
Join Sentry as a New Grad Software Engineer and contribute to critical SDK and Ingest systems trusted by 200,000+ organizations. This role offers immediate production impact, end-to-end project ownership, and comprehensive mentorship within a collaborative engineering culture that treats new graduates as full-fledged engineers from day one. You'll work across Python, JavaScript, and modern frameworks on real-world application monitoring challenges, including AI-native feature development.
Responsibilities
- Design and Ship Production Features: Design, develop, and deploy features and systems that deliver measurable value to customers using Sentry's application monitoring platform. You'll architect solutions for both SDK teams and Ingest systems, ensuring code quality and performance at scale.
- Own End-to-End Project Delivery: Take full ownership of projects from initial design through production deployment and monitoring. This includes requirements gathering, technical design, implementation, testing, code review, and post-launch iteration based on real-world usage patterns.
- Contribute to SDK Development: Work on Software Development Kits across multiple programming languages and frameworks, building integrations that allow developers to instrument their applications with Sentry error tracking and performance monitoring capabilities.
- Develop Ingest and Data Pipeline Features: Build features within critical data processing infrastructure including Relay (event routing and filtering) and Symbolicator (symbol processing), handling millions of events processed per minute with reliability and efficiency.
- Collaborate with Engineering Teams: Work collaboratively with backend engineers, frontend engineers, and product teams through code reviews, technical discussions, and cross-functional project planning using Git-based workflows and modern development practices.
- Implement Modern Development Practices: Utilize GitHub for version control including branching strategies, pull request workflows, code review processes, and continuous integration practices that enable high-quality, maintainable codebases serving millions of developers.
- Receive Mentorship and Feedback: Engage in ongoing coaching, code review feedback, and technical mentorship from your engineering manager and experienced teammates to accelerate your professional growth and skill development in production software development.
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Algorithms and Data Structures Fundamentals
Solid understanding of core computer science concepts including time/space complexity analysis, common data structures (arrays, linked lists, trees, hash tables), and fundamental algorithms used in software optimization and system design.
Programming Language Proficiency
Proficient in Python, JavaScript, or similar dynamic languages with experience gained through internships, personal projects, or coursework. Demonstrated ability to write clean, readable, and maintainable code adhering to best practices.
Git and Version Control Mastery
Comfortable and competent with GitHub workflows including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, commit history management, and collaborative development practices essential for modern software engineering teams.
Rapid Language and Framework Learning
Ability to quickly pick up new programming languages, frameworks, and technical stacks. This includes independent learning, documentation reading, and applying learned concepts to solve real-world engineering problems in unfamiliar technology domains.
Education
Computer Science Degree
Recently completed or completing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related technical field with coursework in algorithms, data structures, and systems design.
Experience
Internship Experience
Minimum one previous internship or equivalent hands-on software development experience demonstrating practical application of programming concepts in real-world environments, team collaboration, and production codebases.
Team Engineering Collaboration
Demonstrated experience collaborating on engineering projects with teams through academic coursework, open-source contributions, internships, or professional roles requiring code review, Git workflows, and cross-functional communication.
Available for 2027 Start
Available to begin employment in 2027 and able to relocate to Vienna, Austria. Sentry provides comprehensive relocation support and housing assistance for qualified candidates. Visa sponsorship is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Skills
Required
Python Programming
Proficiency in Python for backend development, data processing, and system integration work across Sentry's SDK and Ingest teams handling millions of events per minute.
JavaScript/TypeScript
Strong JavaScript capabilities for web application development and SDK implementation, with experience in modern frameworks and asynchronous programming patterns.
Version Control (Git/GitHub)
Advanced proficiency with Git workflows, GitHub branching, pull requests, code review processes, and collaborative development practices required for distributed engineering teams.
Algorithms and Data Structures
Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals including complexity analysis, sorting/searching algorithms, and data structure selection for system optimization.
Software Development Lifecycle
Understanding of end-to-end development processes including design, implementation, testing, code review, deployment, and monitoring in production environments.
Team Collaboration and Communication
Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working within engineering teams, participating in code reviews, providing feedback, and collaborating across functional disciplines.
Preferred
Open Source Contributions
Nice to haveExperience contributing to open-source projects like Relay or Symbolicator, or other infrastructure projects that handle high-volume data processing and system reliability challenges.
Application Monitoring Experience
Nice to haveFamiliarity with error tracking, performance monitoring, or observability platforms demonstrates understanding of the problems Sentry solves for developers worldwide.
SDK Development Experience
Nice to havePrior experience developing or contributing to Software Development Kits, particularly across multiple programming languages or platforms, shows readiness for Sentry's SDK team assignments.
Rust Programming
Nice to haveExperience with Rust for systems programming provides advantage for Ingest team projects, particularly work on Relay and Symbolicator which are written in Rust.
Event Processing and Data Pipelines
Nice to haveBackground working with high-throughput data pipelines, message queues, or stream processing systems relevant to Sentry's core data infrastructure handling millions of events per minute.
AWS Services
Nice to haveExperience with AWS Lambda, AWS services, or cloud infrastructure demonstrates cloud-native development capabilities applicable to Sentry's platform architecture.
Tech stack
Languages
Frameworks
Databases
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Base·EUR 75,000 – 80,000
Equity·Stock options
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
Comprehensive healthcare coverage protecting you and your family with preventative care, treatment, and dental/vision benefits meeting high Austrian and EU healthcare standards.
Temporary Relocation Support
Sentry covers housing assistance and relocation logistics for new grad hires relocating to Vienna, Austria, eliminating barriers for candidates joining from other countries or regions.
Comprehensive Onboarding Program
Structured onboarding experience specifically designed for new graduates, featuring dedicated technical mentorship, team integration, engineering culture immersion, and peer cohorts starting simultaneously.
Dedicated Mentorship
New grad program includes assigned mentors and managers committed to professional development, skill building, and long-term career growth within Sentry's engineering organization.
New Grad Community and Events
Social events, team building activities, and built-in peer community of fellow new graduates provides networking, friendship, and collaborative learning opportunities beyond formal work assignments.
Employee Benefit and Perks Programs
Full access to Sentry's employee benefits programs including wellness initiatives, professional development opportunities, and other perks designed to support employee well-being and career satisfaction.
Equity Participation
Eligible new grad hires participate in Sentry's equity compensation program, aligning your success with company growth and providing long-term wealth building opportunities as a public company.
Full posting
Original listing.
About Sentry
Software runs the world and the pace is faster than ever. Sentry helps developers fix errors and performance issues before users notice, so teams can spend less time firefighting and more time building.
Trusted by 200,000+ organizations, Sentry is today’s application monitoring standard and our team is building its AI-native future.
About the role
Ever wondered what it's actually like to build a career at a company millions of developers rely on?
Software Engineers at Sentry write real code on real projects that ship to production. No busywork, no "prove yourself first" purgatory. Just you, a team that actually trusts you, and a codebase used by millions of developers every day, including the ones building the AI tools everyone's talking about.
You'll land on either an SDK team or Ingest — and either way, you're in the critical path, not on the sidelines. SDKs are where past interns have shipped async support for our Python SDK and a faster AWS Lambda extension — real code running inside frameworks developers use every day. Ingest is the backbone: you'll get hands-on with the pipelines (including our open-source Relay and Symbolicator) that process millions of events every minute.
New grad hires are rad hires. Our onboarding is built to set you up for long-term success from day one — comprehensive training, dedicated mentorship, social events, and a built-in community of peers who started right alongside you. (There are also snacks. The good kind.)
Many of our new grads started out as interns here first — read the stories from Sentaurs who liked it enough to come back full-time.
In this role you will
Be matched with one of our SDKs, Product or Ingest teams, based on your interests and experience
Design, develop, and ship features and systems that drive real value to customers
Own projects end-to-end, from design through production
Receive ongoing feedback, coaching, and mentorship from your manager and teammates
You'll love this job if you
Want to be treated like an engineer from day one
Care about how software actually works
Are excited about where AI is taking software development and want to build in the middle of it
Want mentorship that's real, not scheduled
Like shipping things and seeing them used at scale
Qualifications
Recently completed or completing an undergraduate or graduate program in Computer Science or a related field
At least one previous internship or equivalent hands-on experience
Solid grasp of algorithms and data structures fundamentals
Comfortable using GitHub: branching, pull requests, code review, the works
Proficient in Python, JavaScript, or a similar dynamic language, picked up through internships, personal projects, or coursework
Can pick up a new language or framework quickly and run with it
Experience collaborating on an engineering project with a team (class, open source, work, it counts)
Available to start [in 2027 and able to relocate to Vienna, Austria (we'll help get you there and cover housing)
Please note the following:
Visa sponsorship is considered on a case-by-case basis
This is a full-time position
We are obliged by law to quote the minimum wage of EUR 43.456,-- gross per year for this position, in accordance with the respective collective agreement (IT-KV). The base salary (or hourly wage range, if applicable) that Sentry reasonably expects to pay for this position is EUR €80,000.00. A successful candidate will be eligible to participate in Sentry’s employee benefit and perks programs applicable to the candidate’s position (including medical, dental and vision insurance coverage as well as temporary relocation support). See Sentry Benefits for more details about the Company’s benefit
Equal Opportunity at Sentry
Sentry is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and candidates for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or other legally-protected characteristic. This commitment includes the provision of reasonable accommodations to employees and candidates for employment with physical or mental disabilities who require such accommodations in order to (a) perform the essential functions of their jobs, or (b) seek employment with Sentry. We strive to build a diverse team, with an inclusive culture where every teammate can thrive. Sentry is an open-source company because we believe that everyone, everywhere, should have the ability and tools to make great software. Software should be accessible. That starts with making our industry accessible.
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