Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- Enjoy mentoring engineers and helping them grow in their careers
- Care deeply about empowering teams to ship quickly and safely
- Are excited by complex infrastructure challenges at scale
- Take pride in building systems that are resilient, observable, and cost-efficient
- Value collaboration and continuous learning in a supportive team environment
- 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering
- Ideally 2+ years of experience managing engineers or leading teams
- Experience with distributed systems in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Proficiency with infrastructure tooling such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Salt, and Envoy
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Bonus: experience managing globally distributed teams
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager, you’ll lead our Production Engineering team responsible for the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Sentry’s cloud infrastructure. Production Engineering is a foundational team that ensures our product and platform infrastructure scales smoothly and securely
- You’ll oversee the evolution of our cloud systems—from compute to networking to service orchestration—and help shape the future of how we build and operate at scale
- As Sentry grows, the Production Engineering team plays a critical role in meeting our infrastructure’s performance, reliability, compliance, and security needs
- You'll lead efforts to improve infrastructure automation, cloud cost efficiency, and operational maturity, while partnering closely with teams across engineering
- You’ll foster a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing team culture by investing in mentorship, setting strategic direction, and maintaining a strong bar for technical and operational excellence
- Grow and lead a team of talented, mission-driven Production Engineers
- Set strategic direction, anticipating scaling and infrastructure needs
- Drive adoption of cloud-native patterns and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Define and deliver quarterly goals aligned with company and engineering priorities
- Partner with SRE and product engineering to improve system reliability
- Champion a culture of operational excellence and accountability
- Support the on-call and incident response process, including being part of the escalation path
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation + Equity
- 401k Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Commuter Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Charitable Matching Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
About Sentry
Your business. Your employees. Your peace of mind. At Sentry, we understand what matters most to you. Because we've spent the last 120 years building trust with our customers—one conversation at a time. We got our start in 1904, when members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association formed their own insurance company. Our dedication to personalized service—and to honoring our Midwestern roots—has helped make Sentry part of one of the largest and most financially secure mutual insurance groups in the United States. Our customers work in a wide range of industries, including transportation, manufacturing, metalworking, construction, auto dealerships, and more. Many of them have been with us for decades. From 401(k) plans and general liability, to commercial property and workers’ compensation, we offer solutions that can help protect your business and your employees. We are headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and have offices located across the United States. With more than $25 billion in assets, an $8 billion* policyholder surplus, and an A+ (superior) rating from AM Best,** the industry’s leading rating authority, we can help provide you peace of mind. To learn more about us, the industries we serve, and the products we offer, visit sentry.com. The content provided here is for informational purposes only: https://www.sentry.com/footer/legal-disclaimer. *Assets and policyholder surplus are as of December 31, 2023, and represent the aggregate total for all members of the Sentry Insurance Group and are not reflective of any individual underwriting company. https://www.sentry.com/-/media/sentry-insurance/home/about-us/annual-report-2023/2023-sentry-year-in-review.ashx **Sentry has an AM Best Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (superior), current as of June 2024. For details about AM Best’s rating scale, see ambest.com/ratings/guide.pdf.
Top Benefits
About the role
Who you are
- Enjoy mentoring engineers and helping them grow in their careers
- Care deeply about empowering teams to ship quickly and safely
- Are excited by complex infrastructure challenges at scale
- Take pride in building systems that are resilient, observable, and cost-efficient
- Value collaboration and continuous learning in a supportive team environment
- 5+ years of industry experience in software engineering
- Ideally 2+ years of experience managing engineers or leading teams
- Experience with distributed systems in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- Proficiency with infrastructure tooling such as Terraform, Kubernetes, Salt, and Envoy
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Bonus: experience managing globally distributed teams
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager, you’ll lead our Production Engineering team responsible for the availability, scalability, and efficiency of Sentry’s cloud infrastructure. Production Engineering is a foundational team that ensures our product and platform infrastructure scales smoothly and securely
- You’ll oversee the evolution of our cloud systems—from compute to networking to service orchestration—and help shape the future of how we build and operate at scale
- As Sentry grows, the Production Engineering team plays a critical role in meeting our infrastructure’s performance, reliability, compliance, and security needs
- You'll lead efforts to improve infrastructure automation, cloud cost efficiency, and operational maturity, while partnering closely with teams across engineering
- You’ll foster a healthy, inclusive, and high-performing team culture by investing in mentorship, setting strategic direction, and maintaining a strong bar for technical and operational excellence
- Grow and lead a team of talented, mission-driven Production Engineers
- Set strategic direction, anticipating scaling and infrastructure needs
- Drive adoption of cloud-native patterns and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Define and deliver quarterly goals aligned with company and engineering priorities
- Partner with SRE and product engineering to improve system reliability
- Champion a culture of operational excellence and accountability
- Support the on-call and incident response process, including being part of the escalation path
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation + Equity
- 401k Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Commuter Stipend
- Professional Development Stipend
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Charitable Matching Program
- Flexible PTO
- Paid Parental Leave
About Sentry
Your business. Your employees. Your peace of mind. At Sentry, we understand what matters most to you. Because we've spent the last 120 years building trust with our customers—one conversation at a time. We got our start in 1904, when members of the Wisconsin Retail Hardware Association formed their own insurance company. Our dedication to personalized service—and to honoring our Midwestern roots—has helped make Sentry part of one of the largest and most financially secure mutual insurance groups in the United States. Our customers work in a wide range of industries, including transportation, manufacturing, metalworking, construction, auto dealerships, and more. Many of them have been with us for decades. From 401(k) plans and general liability, to commercial property and workers’ compensation, we offer solutions that can help protect your business and your employees. We are headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and have offices located across the United States. With more than $25 billion in assets, an $8 billion* policyholder surplus, and an A+ (superior) rating from AM Best,** the industry’s leading rating authority, we can help provide you peace of mind. To learn more about us, the industries we serve, and the products we offer, visit sentry.com. The content provided here is for informational purposes only: https://www.sentry.com/footer/legal-disclaimer. *Assets and policyholder surplus are as of December 31, 2023, and represent the aggregate total for all members of the Sentry Insurance Group and are not reflective of any individual underwriting company. https://www.sentry.com/-/media/sentry-insurance/home/about-us/annual-report-2023/2023-sentry-year-in-review.ashx **Sentry has an AM Best Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (superior), current as of June 2024. For details about AM Best’s rating scale, see ambest.com/ratings/guide.pdf.