Staff Forward Deploy Engineer (Fullstack - Java/React)

SentinelOne; United States; On-site; USD 156,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity & Rewards

Flexible time off

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Home office allowance

Job summary

SentinelOne is looking for a Staff Forward Deploy Engineer who will work on customer environments integrating solutions while collaborating with teams. The ideal candidate should have over 6 years of engineering experience specializing in both frontend and backend technologies, primarily in React and Java.

This role offers competitive benefits, flexible time off, and a salary range of $156,000—$215,000 based on location. Join us at the forefront of AI and security.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience including backend and frontend.
• Proven expertise designing and operating distributed systems.
• Experience working directly with customers shaping technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop fullstack solutions primarily in React and Java.
• Engage with customers to translate needs into technical strategy.
• Design and deliver integrations into customer environments.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technically on various projects.
• Document technical specifications for complex solutions.

Skills

Backend Development

Frontend Development

React

Java

Customer Engagement

Integration Design

Technical Leadership

Security Practices

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Redis

TypeScript

GraphQL

Node.js

Job description

Overview

SentinelOne is at the intersection of AI and security, delivering an AI-native platform that unifies protection across endpoints, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to provide autonomous detection and response. The company aims to reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what matters. We are seeking a Staff Forward Deploy Engineer who can work across customer environments and our product, shipping integrations, fixes, and platform improvements for customer deployments.

You will work with customers to understand environments, translate ambiguous requirements into shipped solutions, and build integrations, customizations, and upstream contributions that unlock real business value. You will own customer engagements end-to-end and lead technically across unfamiliar codebases and problem spaces, collaborating with engineers, tech leads, architects, product management, sales, and customer executives.

What Will You Do?

• Software Development (fullstack; primarily React/Java): Dive deep into coding, turn customer requirements and product gaps into shipped solutions, write robust tests, fix bugs, and ensure top-notch security. Expect to move between codebases regularly, including escalated issues that span multiple products.
• Customer Engagement and Requirements Gathering: Partner with customers and field teams to understand environments, goals, and constraints. Turn ambiguous asks into a clear technical strategy. Feed field learnings back into product and engineering planning while advocating for customer needs. Occasionally support pre-sales scoping with engineering input.
• Customer Integrations, Deployments, and Enablement: Design and deliver integrations that connect SentinelOne products into customer environments, often alongside the customer's engineers. Produce runbooks, integration docs, and executive-level communications to enable independent operation.
• Upstream Contributions to the Core Product: When fixes or improvements are needed in the core platform to serve customers, collaborate with platform teams for long-term contributions and build tooling that codifies repeatable patterns and scales Forward Deploy.
• Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Raise the bar for the Forward Deploy Engineering team, mentor Senior Forward Deploy Engineers, and shape how the team delivers engagements as it grows.
• Build and Review Technical Specifications: Architect end-to-end solutions for complex problems spanning multiple codebases, document trade-offs, and provide feedback on other specs with an understanding of broader dependencies.
• Code Review: Maintain code quality, security, and efficiency; provide guidance across the codebases you visit.
• Support and Team Collaboration: Respond to ad-hoc customer and internal escalations promptly; assist colleagues, share feedback, and contribute to weekly syncs and daily standups.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

We do not require a perfect match with everything below; however, the more this describes you, the better a fit you will be for this role.

• Experience
• Solid computer science background with 6+ years of engineering experience including backend and frontend.
• Proven expertise designing and operating distributed systems or data-intensive services.
• Track record of leading substantial pieces of work end-to-end, under ambiguity, with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working directly with customers or senior stakeholders to shape technical solutions.
• Technical Mastery
• Deep proficiency in at least one production language (Java strongly preferred; 5+ years) and working comfort in at least one additional language.
• Value for elegant, concise, readable code.
• Ability to pick up new tools and codebases; familiarity with modern Java, React, TypeScript, Kafka, Redis, GraphQL, Node.js, SentinelOne platform, and more.
• Preference for modern Java (lambdas) and composition over inheritance.
• Comfort weighing in on CAP theorem considerations and selecting data structures with appropriate trade-offs.
• Domain Familiarity
• Experience in cybersecurity (SIEM, EDR/XDR, log pipelines, detection engineering, threat hunting, etc.) strongly preferred.
• A Collaborative, Curious, and Practical Mindset
• Willingness to dive into unfamiliar codebases and be genuinely useful quickly; able to lead others in similar work.
• Ability to reframe vague customer requests as solvable technical problems and translate between engineers and non-engineers without losing precision.
• Preference for shipping a well-thought-out solution that solves the real problem over perfect but late delivery; ability to tailor solutions per customer while still producing generalizable results.
• Commitment to mentorship and developer growth; pride in clear written communication across tickets, design docs, runbooks, and executive briefings.

Why SentinelOne?

We offer an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed and a culture that values innovation and impact. We provide comprehensive, competitive benefits to support you and your family.

• Equity & Rewards
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Time Off & Wellbeing
  • Flexible time off
  • Paid company holidays and paid sick time
  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • Grandparent leave

• Insurance & Financial Security
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Health and dependent care FSA
  • Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • ARAG pre-paid legal
  • Nationwide pet insurance
  • Cancer Care program
  • Global travel medical insurance

• Work Perks & Flexibility
  • Home office allowance
  • Mobile phone reimbursement

• Wellness & Lifestyle
  • Wellness coach
  • Wellness/gym reimbursement
  • Fertility coverage
  • Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement

This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on location. If so, the range will be provided during the recruiting process. You can reach out to the recruiter with questions.

Base Salary Range
156,000—215,000 USD

SentinelOne is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, or other protected characteristics. We participate in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles.