Staff Windows Low Level C++ Engineer - Endpoint security

The role

You will design and develop advanced security features for the Windows endpoint protection platform in user-mode and kernel-mode environments. You will build components like anti-tampering protections, network sensors, and agent infrastructure.

What you will do

• Work in both user-mode and kernel-mode
• Design and develop primarily in modern C++ (23)
• Test and debug complicated real-world problems
• Design and execute significant new features
• Rewrite and reimplement existing features from scratch
• Address performance and optimization challenges
• Share knowledge within Platform teams and the broader Windows group

Required qualifications

• Multiple years of experience as a software engineer in low-level programming using modern C++ or using C and a willingness to learn modern C++
• Hands-on experience and in-depth understanding of Windows OS design and internals
• Windows low-level development
• Debugging of Windows applications
• Familiarity with related standard debugging and profiling tools
• Previous experience working on a production-grade product with a wide-scale deployment
• Great communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and with peers from different time zones
• Problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking
• Attention to detail
• High coding standards

Nice to have

• experience with Windows Kernel and Windows Drivers development
• experience in security-oriented development
• reversing or malware analysis

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Competitive leave benefits
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Medical and insurance benefits
• Pension
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Global home office allowance
• Monthly home office, internet and mobile phone allowance
• Meal allowance
• Transportation allowance
• Optional membership in major coworking chains

Before you apply

• Candidates must be already eligible to work in the EU at the time of applying
• Relocation assistance is available for those willing to relocate to the Czech Republic if already eligible to work in the EU

About the company

SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Their AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems.