Staff Backend Software Engineer - Agent Platform
SentinelOne · United States - Remote
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 65 days SentinelOne's roles stay open a median of 65 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of SentinelOne's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SentinelOne
- high 174 stale, 3 reposted of 224 open
- Hiring momentum
- 339 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SentinelOne's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SentinelOne.
About this role
As a Staff Backend Software Engineer on the Agent Platform team at SentinelOne, you will focus on securing millions of devices and processing billions of security events daily. Your role involves diagnosing and resolving complex production issues, improving system reliability and scalability, and collaborating with various engineering teams to enhance platform capabilities. You will also design and operate large-scale distributed systems while continuously evaluating new technologies to optimize performance.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SentinelOne as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
- Deep expertise in at least one of Go or Python
- Reliability-first mindset with experience in solving complex production incidents
- Strong hands-on experience in designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
- Experience with AWS, GCP, Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes
- Experience with messaging systems and data platforms such as Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, Cassandra, ClickHouse
Nice to have
- Experience in an enterprise SaaS or cybersecurity software company
What you get
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Flexible time off
- Paid company holidays and paid sick time
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Grandparent leave
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of team size or structure
- Base salary range provided but varies by location
- Role involves high responsibility and ownership, which may lead to pressure
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Listed by SentinelOne on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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