Job description
About Us
At SentinelOne, we’re redefining cybersecurity by pushing the limits of what’s possible—leveraging AI-powered, data-driven innovation to stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats.
From building industry-leading products to cultivating an exceptional company culture, our core values guide everything we do. We’re looking for passionate individuals who thrive in collaborative environments and are eager to drive impact. If you’re excited about solving complex challenges in bold, innovative ways, we’d love to connect with you.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Cloud Scanner Platform team. This team is at the forefront of building and maintaining a robust platform and infrastructure to deploy and manage various cloud scanners, including Threat Detection, Data Security Posture Management, and more. As part of this team, you will play a pivotal role in designing scalable backend systems that ensure the seamless operation of these scanners across different cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP and more).
What will you do?
- Participate in design and development of new features of the cloud scanner platform and introduction of new cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Alibaba)
- Work on support, improvements, and bugfixing.
- Work with product managers & tech leads to break down and estimate tasks towards delivering any features to customers.
- Engage cross-functionally with other engineers and architects, product managers, and customer success teams.
- Respond and/or troubleshoot to production incidents (Support/On-Call Rotation) and fix newly found issues.
- Help team members solve problems and support them in their growth.
Your tools:
- Most of our components are written in Go and Java with e2e tests in Python and some legacy code in C++.
- For communication between our services, we’re using REST, GraphQL, gRPC APIs and Kafka, depending on the requirements.
- We mainly use PostgreSQL as our database.
- We are working with Cloudformation and Terraform to facilitate deployment of cloud scanner infrastructure into customer environments.
- Our platform functions in AWS and Azure, more clouds to be added in the future.
- Our automation is based on Jenkins.
What skills and knowledge should you bring?
Must have
- 3+ years of software engineering experience in at least one high-level programming language (Go, Java or Python)
- Familiarity with AWS, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub
- 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 you’ll regularly liaise with product and other engineering teams
Nice to Have
- A huge plus would be previous experience in developing security-related products
- Experience with Azure or GCP
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies.
Why Us?
Join a cutting-edge company tackling extraordinary challenges alongside top industry talent. Enjoy flexible hybrid work in Prague (Karlin), Brno (Clubco), or remotely across CZ/SK.
Competitive Benefits Package:
- Stock & Bonuses: Grant of Restricted Stock Units with a 4-year vesting plan, annual performance-based bonuses, and an employee stock purchase plan.
- Time Off & Well-being: Flexible Time Off, on top of the standard 5 weeks vacation, flexible paid sick days, fully paid Short Term Sick/Nursing Leave, 16-week parental leave, grandparent leave, and additional company holidays.
- Health & Insurance: Private medical care (for you and +1), premium life insurance, pension contribution, and a Global Employee Assistance Program.
- Work Perks: Monthly meal and well-being allowance, high-end MacBook/Windows laptop, work-from-home support, and in-office refreshments.
- Growth & Community: LinkedIn Learning, internal mentoring, educational support, generous referral bonuses, and optional company events (sports, BBQs, charity).
Be part of an inclusive, innovative workplace that values belonging, flexibility, and growth!
SentinelOne is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles.
