Director, Software Engineering - AI SIEM

About Us:

SentinelOne is defining the future of cybersecurity through our XDR platform that automatically prevents, detects, and responds to threats in real-time. Singularity XDR ingests data and leverages our patented AI models to deliver autonomous protection. With SentinelOne, organizations gain full transparency into everything happening across the network at machine speed – to defeat every attack, at every stage of the threat lifecycle. 

We are a values-driven team where names are known, results are rewarded, and friendships are formed. Trust, accountability, relentlessness, ingenuity, and OneSentinel define the pillars of our collaborative and unified global culture. We're looking for people that will drive team success and collaboration across SentinelOne. If you’re enthusiastic about innovative approaches to problem-solving, we would love to speak with you about joining our team!

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a Director of Software Engineering with extensive leadership experience in SaaS product development and large-scale engineering projects. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of our Singularity Platform, focusing on enhancing user efficiency for Security Analysts and SOC Analysts.

What will you do?

• Lead and Inspire: Provide top-level leadership for a team of talented engineers, fostering an environment of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Collaborate with key customers and internal stakeholders to align product development with business needs.
• Project Delivery: Manage and deliver complex software systems incorporating SaaS, databases, networking, UX, and client/server architectures within project deadlines.
• Budget and Strategic Planning: Develop and manage fiscal plans, including labor costs, tools, and capital expenditures. Plan and budget for necessary headcount, adjusting team responsibilities to balance changing priorities effectively.
• Staff Development: Know your team well, understand their aspirations, and help them achieve both their career and life goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other departments such as Product Management, Sales, and Customer Support to ensure seamless integration and delivery of products.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of innovation, encouraging the team to explore new technologies and methodologies. Continuously assess and improve engineering processes to enhance efficiency and quality.

What experience and knowledge should you bring?

• Technical and Organizational Excellence: Advocate for technical engineering excellence, ensuring robust, scalable designs and guiding career growth for team members. Oversee the entire product development lifecycle, from design to deployment, ensuring smooth integration across all organizational functions.
• Moral Integrity: Uphold a strong moral compass, maintaining trust and handling sensitive information with integrity and aligned with SentinelOne’s core values.
• Customer-Centric Development: Ensure that all product developments deliver significant value to our customers, focusing on adoption, usability, and business impact.
• Data-Driven Management: Implement and manage KPIs to track and report on team performance, ensuring data-driven decision-making and accountability.
• Proactive Leadership: Advocate for continuous improvement, constructively challenging leadership and peers to enhance processes and outcomes.
• Extensive Experience: Prefer 15+ years in software engineering, with a minimum of 6 years in cloud and big-data applications, and at least 2 years leading multiple engineering teams. 
  • Prefered experiences would be: leading globally dispersed software engineering teams of 30+ in size, supporting products/applications used within Security Operations Centers such as SIEM or related technologies, and a demonstrated ability to drive both engineering + business outcomes successfully.
• Educational Background: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field is a plus.

Why Us?

You will work on real-world problems and make an impact by protecting our customers from cyber threats. You will be joining a cutting-edge organization and will be able to influence the architecture, design, and structure of our core platform. You will tackle extraordinary challenges and work with the very BEST in the industry.

• Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(k), Commuter, Health and Dependent FSA
• Unlimited PTO
• Industry-leading gender-neutral parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Employee stock purchase program
• Disability and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Numerous company-sponsored events, including regular happy hours and team-building events

This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate.  For some

locations, a different pay range may apply.  If so, this range will be provided to you during the recruiting

process.  You can also reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

Base Salary Range$195,000—$293,000 USD

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.