SentinelOne

Staff Backend Software Engineer - Agent Platform

SentinelOne · United States - Remote

Posted about 2 months ago

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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

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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.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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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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