SentinelOne
AI and security
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at SentinelOne. Skills: Java internals, Distributed Systems, AWS, Leadership. Architect large-scale distributed systems. Own large-scale distributed systems”
What You'll Achieve.
drive better outcomes; drive faster outcomes; drive smarter outcomes; deliver under uncertainty
Industry & Context.
problem-solvers; breaks down unclear problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s + 12 years of experience, Master’s + 8 years, PhD + 5 years, Deep Java internals knowledge, concurrency, JVM, memory model, performance tuning, data structures, algorithms, system design, unit and integration testing practices, designing distributed systems, partitioning, consistency, availability trade-offs, event-driven architecture, messaging platforms, high-scale API design, database design, sharding, circuit breaker patterns, AWS core services, EC2, S3, SQS, IAM, Docker/containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, ownership mindset, cross-team influence, mentoring engineers, Comfortable with ambiguity, Proactive career growth mindset
Nice to Have
Kafka, SQS
What You'll Do.
Architect large-scale distributed systems
Own large-scale distributed systems
Drive technical direction
Lead delivery complex initiatives
Mentor junior engineers
Mentor mid-level engineers
Lead root cause analysis
Drive permanent fixes
Share learnings broadly
Communicate with stakeholders
Evaluate technology trade-offs
Make tech debt decisions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Drive alignment without formal authority; Communicate clearly with stakeholders
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly with stakeholders; translate technical complexity into business context
Full Job Description
Our Purpose At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here. About Us SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters. Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity. What Are We Looking For? We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes. As a staff software engineer you will be tasked with technically deep, highly influential engineer who can lead complex systems end-to-end, shape architectural direction, and grow the engineers around them. Someone who takes full ownership — from design to production to incident resolution — and drives impact across teams. What Will You D
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