Senior Backend Software Engineer, ObservoAI

The role

You will lead architectural design and technical strategy for high-performance systems processing petabyte-scale telemetry data. You will drive development for ML-driven data routing engines and design cloud-native microservices for the Observo.ai platform.

What you will do

• Lead the architectural design and technical roadmap for scalable, high-performance data processing pipelines.
• Drive the development and optimization of ML-driven data routing and transformation engines.
• Architect real-time analytics systems using advanced machine learning and LLMs.
• Design cloud-native microservices and APIs that integrate with observability platforms.
• Establish robust monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and decision-making forums.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior and junior engineers.
• Drive system performance and reliability optimization.
• Establish engineering best practices and culture.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on distributed systems, data engineering, or ML infrastructure.
• Expert-level proficiency in Go, Rust, or Java.
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proven track record leading and scaling data pipelines using Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
• Deep expertise in database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
• Advanced experience with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) and MLOps practices.
• Expert knowledge of observability tools and standards, including Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, OpenTelemetry, and Parquet.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Strong leadership and technical communication skills.

Benefits

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flexible time off
• Paid company holidays and paid sick time
• Gender-neutral parental leave
• Grandparent leave
• 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)

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.