# Software Engineer, New Grad (2027)
**Company:** [Sentry](https://scaleengineer.com/companies/sentry)
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.
**Role:** Software Engineer
**Seniority:** Junior
**Locations:** Vienna, Austria
**Salary:** 75000–80000 EUR
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## 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.

## Requirements

### education

- {"name":"Computer Science Degree","description":"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."}

### technical

- {"name":"Algorithms and Data Structures Fundamentals","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Programming Language Proficiency","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Git and Version Control Mastery","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Rapid Language and Framework Learning","description":"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."}

### experience

- {"name":"Internship Experience","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Team Engineering Collaboration","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Available for 2027 Start","description":"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

- {"name":"Python Programming","description":"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."}
- {"name":"JavaScript/TypeScript","description":"Strong JavaScript capabilities for web application development and SDK implementation, with experience in modern frameworks and asynchronous programming patterns."}
- {"name":"Version Control (Git/GitHub)","description":"Advanced proficiency with Git workflows, GitHub branching, pull requests, code review processes, and collaborative development practices required for distributed engineering teams."}
- {"name":"Algorithms and Data Structures","description":"Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals including complexity analysis, sorting/searching algorithms, and data structure selection for system optimization."}
- {"name":"Software Development Lifecycle","description":"Understanding of end-to-end development processes including design, implementation, testing, code review, deployment, and monitoring in production environments."}
- {"name":"Team Collaboration and Communication","description":"Strong interpersonal and communication skills for working within engineering teams, participating in code reviews, providing feedback, and collaborating across functional disciplines."}

### preferred

- {"name":"Open Source Contributions","description":"Experience contributing to open-source projects like Relay or Symbolicator, or other infrastructure projects that handle high-volume data processing and system reliability challenges."}
- {"name":"Application Monitoring Experience","description":"Familiarity with error tracking, performance monitoring, or observability platforms demonstrates understanding of the problems Sentry solves for developers worldwide."}
- {"name":"SDK Development Experience","description":"Prior experience developing or contributing to Software Development Kits, particularly across multiple programming languages or platforms, shows readiness for Sentry's SDK team assignments."}
- {"name":"Rust Programming","description":"Experience with Rust for systems programming provides advantage for Ingest team projects, particularly work on Relay and Symbolicator which are written in Rust."}
- {"name":"Event Processing and Data Pipelines","description":"Background 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."}
- {"name":"AWS Services","description":"Experience with AWS Lambda, AWS services, or cloud infrastructure demonstrates cloud-native development capabilities applicable to Sentry's platform architecture."}

## Tech stack

### tools

- {"name":"GitHub","description":"Version control and collaborative development platform used for all code management, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD integration within Sentry's engineering organization."}
- {"name":"Docker","description":"Containerization platform used for local development environments, deployment consistency, and microservice orchestration across Sentry's cloud infrastructure."}
- {"name":"Kubernetes","description":"Container orchestration system managing Sentry's scalable deployment architecture, enabling reliable service management handling millions of events per minute."}
- {"name":"AWS","description":"Cloud infrastructure provider hosting Sentry's platform services. Experience with AWS Lambda, EC2, RDS, and other services beneficial for cloud-native development work."}
- {"name":"Relay","description":"Sentry's open-source event routing and filtering service written in Rust, representing a key component new engineers may contribute to for data pipeline improvements."}
- {"name":"Symbolicator","description":"Sentry's open-source symbol file processing service handling stack trace symbolication and source map resolution for JavaScript and native language debugging."}

### others

- {"name":"Error Tracking and Performance Monitoring","description":"Deep understanding of application monitoring concepts including error detection, performance profiling, stack trace analysis, and observability patterns critical to Sentry's platform value proposition."}
- {"name":"AI-Native Development","description":"Emerging experience with AI integration in software development tooling and workflows aligns with Sentry's AI-native platform evolution and competitive differentiation in developer tools."}
- {"name":"High-Performance Data Processing","description":"Familiarity with optimizing systems processing massive event volumes, implementing efficient algorithms, and scaling infrastructure to handle millions of operations per minute reliably."}
- {"name":"Developer Experience (DX)","description":"Understanding of SDK design patterns, framework integration, and developer-friendly APIs essential for building tools developers love using across diverse programming environments."}

### databases

- {"name":"PostgreSQL","description":"Primary relational database for Sentry's core platform, handling complex queries, transactions, and data integrity requirements for customer event data and system metadata."}
- {"name":"Clickhouse","description":"High-performance columnar database used for time-series data storage and analytics queries supporting Sentry's billions of event insights and customer analytics."}
- {"name":"Redis","description":"In-memory data store used for caching, session management, task queuing, and real-time data operations throughout Sentry's infrastructure."}
- {"name":"Apache Kafka","description":"Distributed streaming platform processing millions of events per minute, enabling real-time event ingestion, processing, and distribution across Sentry's systems."}

### languages

- {"name":"Python","description":"Primary backend language used across Sentry's SDKs and data processing systems. Recent interns shipped async support for the Python SDK, a major feature impacting millions of framework developers."}
- {"name":"JavaScript/TypeScript","description":"Essential for browser SDK development and web-facing features. TypeScript adoption provides enhanced type safety for large-scale SDK implementations across diverse web frameworks."}
- {"name":"Rust","description":"Systems language powering high-performance infrastructure components including Relay (event routing and filtering) and Symbolicator (symbol file processing), both handling millions of events per minute."}
- {"name":"Java","description":"Used for backend services and server-side SDK implementations, particularly relevant for enterprise customer environments and JVM ecosystem integrations."}
- {"name":"Go","description":"Utilized for performance-critical components and cloud-native services within Sentry's infrastructure and deployment architecture."}

### frameworks

- {"name":"Django","description":"Python web framework used in Sentry's backend services and backend engineering work, providing robust ORM and web application capabilities."}
- {"name":"React","description":"Frontend JavaScript framework powering Sentry's web application user interface and customer-facing features for error tracking and performance monitoring."}
- {"name":"FastAPI","description":"Modern Python framework used for building high-performance APIs and microservices within Sentry's infrastructure and data processing systems."}
- {"name":"Next.js","description":"Full-stack React framework used for web development and modern frontend architecture supporting Sentry's platform features and user experiences."}

## Benefits

### benefits

- {"name":"Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance","description":"Comprehensive healthcare coverage protecting you and your family with preventative care, treatment, and dental/vision benefits meeting high Austrian and EU healthcare standards."}
- {"name":"Temporary Relocation Support","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Comprehensive Onboarding Program","description":"Structured onboarding experience specifically designed for new graduates, featuring dedicated technical mentorship, team integration, engineering culture immersion, and peer cohorts starting simultaneously."}
- {"name":"Dedicated Mentorship","description":"New grad program includes assigned mentors and managers committed to professional development, skill building, and long-term career growth within Sentry's engineering organization."}
- {"name":"New Grad Community and Events","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Employee Benefit and Perks Programs","description":"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."}
- {"name":"Equity Participation","description":"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."}

## Compensation

- **max:** 80000
- **min:** 80000
- **currency:** EUR
- **stockOptions:** true

## Interview process

### steps

## Full description
## **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](https://docs.sentry.io/?original%5Freferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsentry.io%2Fcareers%2F%3Fteam%3DEngineering%2B) 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](https://blog.sentry.io/meet-sentrys-2025-summer-interns/#simon-1-16) and a faster [AWS Lambda extension](https://blog.sentry.io/meet-sentrys-2025-summer-interns/#martin-1-17) — 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](https://github.com/getsentry/relay) and [Symbolicator](https://github.com/getsentry/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](https://blog.sentry.io/life-at-sentry/) from Sentaurs who liked it enough to come back full-time.

## **In this role you will**

* Be matched with one of our [SDKs](https://sentry.io/platforms/), 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](https://sentry.io/careers/) 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.

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [accommodations@sentry.io](mailto:accommodations@sentry.io).

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