Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, AI
Prague - Czech Republic
Job Summary
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
Were 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 Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer you will be tasked with extending SentinelOnes engineering capacity directly into the departments that need it most Sales Customer Success Finance Security People Legal and beyond. Unlike a platform or product engineer working behind a backlog youll embed with the stakeholders who own a problem scope it end-to-end and ship a working custom application into their hands often in days or weeks not quarters. This role blends hands-on full-stack engineering rapid prototyping with modern AI tools and the exceptional technical judgment to know when to build when to reuse and when to say no. Youll operate as a trusted staff-level technical partner to functional leaders turning highly ambiguous business needs into production-grade software that sticks.
What Will You Do
Primary responsibilities include:
- Embed with a functional department for a defined engagement running discovery to understand workflows and pain points before writing a line of code.
- Scope design and build full-stack custom applications not just automations or scripts using modern frameworks (typically Python FastAPI Pydantic React/TypeScript but also others) AI coding assistants as well as internal platform APIs and AI gateway moving from prototype to production quickly.
- Own delivery end to end: high-level technical architecture build testing deployment and the training/handoff that gets a department to actually adopt what you built.
- Work hands-on in the code alongside AI coding tools (Claude Code Codex etc.) to compress build cycles iterating with stakeholders in near real time rather than through long requirements documents.
- Make explicit trade-offs between scope speed and quality as requirements shift and communicate those trade-offs clearly to stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Partner with IT Security and Data teams so every deployed application meets SentinelOnes standards for data security compliance and long-term supportability.
- Codify recurring patterns components and playbooks from each engagement into reusable building blocks for the next department and for the broader engineering organization.
- Feed field learnings back to platform product and data teams what worked what broke and what the next generation of internal tools should look like.
- Measure and report success through production adoption and measurable business impact not lines of code shipped or tickets closed.
What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring
Ideal candidates will have:
- 8 years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated ability to independently architect design build and ship full-stack applications (frontend and backend).
- Deep proficiency in at least one modern backend language (Python or comparable) and strong frontend capability (React/TypeScript) to build usable highly polished internal tools without waiting on a dedicated design or frontend team.
- Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and LLM-based tools (Claude Code Cursor Codex etc.) to drastically accelerate development plus an expert understanding of APIs webhooks data structures and integration patterns.
- A proven track record of working directly with senior non-technical stakeholders scoping highly ambiguous requests managing expectations and shipping production-grade software rather than slide decks.
- Comfort operating with significant autonomy and shifting priorities: this role moves between departments and problem spaces and the right solution is rarely handed to you.
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to a functional VP or executive as easily as to a fellow engineer.
- Preferred: prior experience in a forward-deployed solutions engineering professional services or startup generalist role where you owned a project from discovery through production.
- Preferred: exposure to enterprise security compliance or data governance requirements given the internal security-conscious environment youll be building in.
Why SentinelOne
AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together this is that place.
We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:
Equity & Rewards
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Performance-based bonus
Time Off & Wellbeing
- Flexible time off on top of the standard 5 weeks PTO
- Paid company wellness days and fully paid short-term sick/nursing leave
- Gender-neutral parental leave
Insurance & Financial Security
- Private medical care benefit
- Life and disability insurance
- Pension Insurance contribution
- Global business travel medical insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Work Perks & Flexibility
- Global home office allowance
- Meal allowance
- Hybrid work in Prague (Karlin) Brno (Clubco) or remote in CZ/SK. Only Prague-based employees are required to work from the office at least 2 days/week.
Wellness & Lifestyle
- Wellbeing allowance
- MultiSport benefit program
- Wellness Coach app
Required Experience:
Staff IC
About Company
A group of defense and intelligence experts saw savvy attackers compromising endpoints seemingly at will. Traditional approaches failed to provide sufficient protection. They founded SentinelOne to develop a dramatic new approach to endpoint protection. It’s one that applies AI and ma ... View more