Staff Software Engineer- Linux & Cloud Workload Security

About the role

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- Linux & Cloud Workload Security, you will lead a squad building Linux and cloud workload security detection capabilities, from researching the threat landscape to designing detection strategies and delivering them at scale. You will own the squad's technical direction, delivery and people growth while staying hands-on with the hardest problems, from low-level kernel hooks to complex detection engines. Your work will protect thousands of customers worldwide, including enterprises, public sector organizations and some of the largest companies in the world.

What Will You Do?

Primary responsibilities include:

- Lead a squad of engineers, owning its technical direction, delivery and results end to end

- Own the squad's performance management: set goals and expectations, give continuous feedback, conduct performance reviews and support career growth

- Own the squad's Scrum process, including planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives and sprint reviews, keeping delivery predictable and transparent

- Define the squad's roadmap with Product and Research, turning loosely defined problems into a clear multi-quarter plan and well-scoped work

- Take end-to-end responsibility for new detection capabilities, from researching the Linux and container security landscape to designing detection strategies and algorithms