Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, SentinelOne
Artificial Intelligence
$184-253k
+ RSUs and ESPP
AI-powered enterprise cybersecurity platform
Be an early applicant
AI-powered enterprise cybersecurity platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$184-253k
+ RSUs and 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
- Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes
- 8 or more years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated ability to design, build, and ship full-stack applications (frontend and backend) independently
- Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (Python, Node.js/JavaScript, or comparable) and enough frontend ability to build usable 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 accelerate development, plus a working understanding of APIs, webhooks, data structures, and integration patterns
- A track record of working directly with non-technical stakeholders including scoping ambiguous requests, managing expectations, and shipping something real rather than a deck
- Comfort operating with significant autonomy and shifting priorities across departments and problem spaces where the right solution is rarely handed to you
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical trade-offs to a functional VP as easily as to a fellow engineer
- Prior experience in a forward-deployed, solutions engineering, professional services, or startup generalist role where you owned a project from discovery through production is preferred
- Exposure to enterprise security, compliance, or data governance requirements given the internal, security-conscious environment you will be building in is preferred
What the job involves
- 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
- As a Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, AI, you will be tasked with extending SentinelOne's engineering capacity directly into the departments that need it most, including Sales, Customer Success, Finance, Security, People, Legal, and beyond
- Unlike a platform or product engineer working behind a backlog, you will 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 judgment to know when to build, when to reuse, and when to say no
- 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, AI coding assistants, and internal platform APIs, moving from prototype to production quickly
- Own delivery end to end including architecture, build, testing, deployment, and the training and 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 leadership
- Partner with IT, Security, and Data teams so every deployed application meets SentinelOne's 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 covering 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
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.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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: $799.6m
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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