Staff Backend Engineer, SentinelOne
Prompt Security, Node.js / TypeScript
$156-215k
+ Restricted Stock Units + ESPP
AI-powered enterprise cybersecurity platform
Be an early applicant
AI-powered enterprise cybersecurity platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$156-215k
+ Restricted Stock Units + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To give the advantage to those who secure our future.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 8+ years of backend development experience in Node.js and TypeScript
- Experience with database management
- Experience developing and integrating APIs, including designing and building RESTful APIs; familiarity with GraphQL is a plus
- Experience designing and implementing microservices
- Experience with scalability and performance optimization, including caching strategies, message queues, and large-scale, distributed architectures
- Experience implementing authentication, authorization, and data protection mechanisms
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Communication and collaboration skills
What the job involves
- As a Staff Back-End Engineer, you will be tasked with building backend infrastructure for our AI security product, focused on monitoring AI assets, assessing risks, and delivering actionable insights
- You will work in a fast-paced, innovative environment that requires agility, adaptability, and continuous iteration. Your work will also include enforcing security policies and ensuring safe, compliant AI deployment while contributing to the future of cybersecurity
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side applications and APIs
- Implement and optimize database schemas, queries, and data storage solutions
- Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to architectural decisions
- Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems
- Implement security and data protection measures
- Work with cloud services (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP) to deploy and manage backend services
- Contribute to the development of microservices architecture
- Stay updated with emerging backend technologies and industry best practices
Our take
Cybercriminals are now leveraging the power of automation to make the current threat landscape too advanced for a lot of traditional antivirus software. SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company that matches this automation with machine learning-focused software designed to help businesses defend against online attacks.
The company has expanded beyond endpoint security into a broader AI-powered cybersecurity platform spanning endpoint, cloud, identity, and IT operations. This gives SentinelOne access to a larger enterprise market, although it also it also places the company in direct competitions with established cybersecurity leaders, including its biggest rival, CrowdStrike.
As cyberattacks become increasingly automated, the company is expanding its capabilities beyond detection to include AI-driven threat response, helping security teams contain attacks more quickly. While it still trails larger rival CrowdStrike in scale, SentinelOne is investing in platform expansion and automation to compete for enterprises looking to consolidate their cybersecurity into a single solution.
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Insights
61% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2021
$100m
LATE VC
Nov 2020
$267m
LATE VC
Total funding: $798.1m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee assistance program
- Gym reimbursement
- Incentive-based challenges
- Mental health and mindfulness
- Unlimited Time Off
- Grandparent Leave
- Volunteer Time Off
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Holidays
- 16 weeks Gender-Neutral Parental Leave
- Restricted Stock Unit Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
- Team building activities
- Celebrations and social gatherings
- Community volunteering events
- Global all hands and local town hall events
- 401K
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Tomer Weingarten
(Co-Founder & CEO)Tomer began their career in Software Development at Mckit Systems prior to co-founding dPolls and Carambola Media. They left their position as VP of Products at Toluna in December 2012 to found SentinelOne in January 2013, where they have served as the CEO since.
Sonalee Parekh
(CFO)Prior to joining SentinelOne in 2026, Sonalee was the CFO at Asana and RingCentral. They also held senior roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Jefferies, RBC Capital, Markets, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs.
Barry Padgett
(COO & President)Barry joined SentinelOne in 2025 as CGO before briefly serving as the CFO then moving into their current role as COO. Previously they spent 4 years at Amperity as COO and CEO and 1 year at Stripe as CRO.
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