Senior Software Engineer - Low Level C++ - Linux & Cloud Security

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 Senior Software Engineer, you will own end-to-end development of new agent capabilities, from researching Linux and cloud security technologies to designing detection strategies and delivering them at scale. You’ll work across kernel-level components, user-space engines, and cloud-native security features, tackling complex system engineering challenges.

Your work will enhance the security of Linux and cloud workloads used by hundreds of thousands of users globally. We’re looking for engineers with Linux and/or cloud security experience who can innovate from scratch and drive scalable capabilities across our products.

What Will You Do?

Software Development (70-80% of time) - we use C++23, occasionally also Rust and/or Go

Write tests to cover new code

Conduct low-level research and design new features

Peer code reviews; Participate in the team’s design reviews

Learn new technologies in the Linux and Cloud workloads security domains (e.g. eBPF)

Architect end-to-end security solutions for complex features with loose problem definition

Support customers with issues and requests within the team’s domain

Attend daily and weekly scrum meetings

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

Multiple years of experience as a software engineer, developing complex systems in modern C++

Proficient in Linux OS architecture and internals

Hands-on experience with Linux low-level development and debugging

Previous experience working on a production-grade product with a wide-scale deployment

It’d be great if you have experience with / or you’d learn & gain on our team:

Hands-on experience with Linux kernel development or kernel tracing

Previous experience with eBPF, Linux networking subsystem, security-oriented development

Hands-on experience with container platforms and orchestrators such as Docker and Kubernetes

Previous experience with software development in either Rust and/or Go (we have several components in both) or Python

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

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.

To learn more about how we use AI in our hiring process, please review our AI in Hiring Candidate Disclosure .