Senior Backend Software Engineer - Cloud Workload Security Team

SentinelOne

5h • $128,000 - $150,000

About The Position

At SentinelOne, we’re redefining cybersecurity by pushing the limits of what’s possible—leveraging AI-powered, data-driven innovation to stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats.
From building industry-leading products to cultivating an exceptional company culture, our core values guide everything we do. We’re looking for passionate individuals who thrive in collaborative environments and are eager to drive impact. If you’re excited about solving complex challenges in bold, innovative ways, we’d love to connect with you.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer who sees the world differently, who explores and lives to beat the system and challenge it, and who will help build our next-generation cloud workload security offering. You will own and lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a multi-disciplinary cloud-native software platform that will serve thousands of users (from enterprise & public sector clients across the globe, incl. some of the largest companies globally) and billions of events daily as part of SentinelOne's security offering. You will be building distributed systems and end-to-end, high-traffic, practically zero‑latency, real‑time data pipelines that serve all our customers in the area of Cloud security. As a software engineer at SentinelOne, you will face extraordinary performance and optimization challenges due to the scale of our cybersecurity services.
Join us as we strive for new heights of success, utilizing our unparalleled protection for cloud workloads to push the limits of what's possible!

Requirements

• Experience designing and building high-traffic, large-scale microservices and real‑time data pipelines with a critical focus on high availability, ultra‑low latency, and maintainability.
• Experience developing resilient, cloud-native solutions and real-time data pipelines.
• At least 5 years of experience with Python or Go
• Experience working with databases (both SQL and NoSQL)
• Proven experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns
• Self-driven, motivated, and independent with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to quickly dive into new products and understand their inner workings
• A degree in Computer Science/Software engineering, or comparable experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Kubernetes - significant advantage
• Hands-on experience with React (or similar modern JavaScript framework) – strong plus
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (or equivalent streaming platform) – strong plus
• Hands-on experience with IAC (such as Terraform, or equivalent streaming platform) – strong plus

Responsibilities

• Leading, designing, and developing SentinelOne’s cloud workload security offering using cutting-edge technologies and services.
• Participate in architecture, design, and technological research while considering costs, performance, scale, monitoring, etc.
• Collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders to execute the product roadmap.
• Work in a CI/CD environment
• Learn new technologies, mainly in the areas of complex distributed systems in the cloud.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior