Senior Backend Engineer (Go, Java) Detection & Response

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 Software Engineer to join our team that is behind one of our leading and differentiated AI SIEM product capabilities STAR - Storyline Active Response highly appreciated by customers (as well as praised in cyber reddit) - responsible for real-time cloud-based automated hunting detection & response. It empowers security teams of our customers to create custom detection & response rules and deploy them in real-time to the entire network or desired subset to proactively detect & respond to threats.

What will you do

Primary responsibilities include:

• Design develop (in Go and/or Java) implement test document and operate large-scale high-volume and low latency applications built to handle several millions of events per second.
• Translate business and functional requirements into robust scalable operable solutions that work well within the overall data architecture.
• Participate and collaborate with cross functional teams in the organization to understand the business requirements and to deliver solutions that can scale.
• Maintain application stability and data integrity by monitoring key metrics and improving codebase accordingly.
• Understand & maintain existing codebase by regular re-factoring and applying requested fixes and features.
• Learn new technologies that can solve our huge volume of data and the challenges it poses.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring

Ideal candidates will have:

• You are passionate about building high-scale distributed systems
• You care about delivering customer value and want to hear directly from your customers on how to improve and evolve your applications
• You enjoy a collaborative development process using design discussions and code review
• Multiple years of software engineering experience in at least one high-level programming language (Golang and/or Java)
• Strong background in distributed data processing microservices building high-quality scalable data products
• Familiarity with AWS and/or GCP Kubernetes Docker Postgres Redis and Kafka (big advantage)
• Ability to swiftly delve into new products and comprehend their inner workings
• Proven capacity to collaborate effectively with both local and remote teams across various time zones
• Excellent communication skills as youll regularly liaise with product and other engineering teams
• A huge plus would be previous experience in developing security-related products

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)

Time Off & Wellbeing

• Competitive leave benefits
• Gender-neutral parental leave

Insurance & Financial Security

• Medical and insurance benefits
• Pension

Work Perks & Flexibility

• Global home office allowance

Wellness & Lifestyle

• Wellbeing allowance
• MultiSport benefit program