What are we looking for?

As a Senior Software Engineer, you have a significant impact on how our customers gain visibility into their security posture. You should be passionate about building systems from scratch, thrive in a complex large-scale environment, and be eager to contribute to the success of our next-generation cloud-based data pipeline.

What will you do?

• Design and implement scalable and efficient backend systems from scratch.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and enhance the SentinelOne management console, which aggregates data and provides insights and applications to our customers.
• Work on critical topics such as authentication/authorization, scoping, permissions/hierarchy, and audit logging.
• Evangelize best practices in technology, including design patterns, algorithms, and data structures.
• Contribute to the establishment and promotion of coding standards and frameworks.
• Anticipate, refactor, and mitigate potential bugs and vulnerabilities to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Perform integration and end-to-end testing to validate features.
• Enhance the observability of existing code for better diagnosis and monitoring.
• Debug production issues and provide quality fixes.
• Understand the architecture and dependencies of the feature area and contribute to its design and architecture.
• Review the work of other team members and provide constructive feedback.
• Collaborate with product teams to refine feature requirements and prioritize work based on customer value.
• Deliver features with timeliness and quality, ensuring they meet customer needs.
• Foster a culture of feedback and actively seek and provide constructive feedback to teammates and managers.
• Handle disagreements respectfully and approach them with curiosity and data-driven discussions.
• Mentor teammates and share knowledge in an open, respectful, and empathetic manner.

What skills and knowledge should you bring?

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of experience in developing high-performance micro-service-based backend systems.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages for backend development, such as Go, Java, Kotlin, Python, C++, Rust, or C#.
• Experience developing cloud-native solutions and working with data pipelines.
• Familiarity with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with the Kafkawith Kafka ecosystem (pub/sub, Kafka Connect) is a big advantage.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS or other cloud platforms is desirable.
• Previous experience with large-scale management systems and performance optimization is a plus.

What we offer you

Salary from 4500 EUR/month.
Yearly % bonus depending on the performance of the company, paid out in 2 installments.
*The final base salary component can be increased accordingly to individual skills and experience of the selected candidate.

On top of that you may look forward to:

• Flexible working hours & Full remote within Slovakia; optional membership in Regus co-working spaces; in Czechia we also have offices in Prague or Brno
• Generous employee stock plan in the form of RSUs (restricted stock units) not options; 4 years vesting with 1 year cliff and then quarterly
• Meal Allowance (maximum value of the employer’s contribution per day: €4.29)
• Flexible Time Off (on top of the standard 5 weeks of vacation)
• Flexible Paid Sick Days
• Fully Paid Short Term Sick/Short Term Nursing Leave
• Global gender-neutral Parental Leave (16 weeks, beyond the leave provided by the local laws) & Grandparent Leave
• Volunteering paid day off & Additional paid Company holidays off (e.g. 4 days in 2022)
• Pension insurance contribution
• Premium Life Insurance covered by S1
• High-end MacBook or Windows laptop, Home-office-setup gear & on top of that additional WFH Allowance
• Udemy Business platform for Hard/Soft skills Training, internal mentoring 'MentorOne' & Support for your further educational activities/trainings
• Above-standard referral bonus
• Yearly bonus depending on the performance of the company
• Optional company events for those who like to meet outside of work too - mostly in Czechia expensed as business trip (sport, BBQ, charity etc.)
• DEI&B programs that promote employee resource groups like SentinelWIN (Women Inclusion Network), Blk@S1, Latinos@S1, Pan-Asian@S1, Out@S1 (LGBTQIA+) and Sentinels Who Served