At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.
SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.
Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.
We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.
As a Senior Software Engineering Manager with a strong technical background in building and architecting large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, you possess the leadership maturity to manage both individual contributors and other managers, effectively translating organizational strategy into clear, actionable team goals. You are specifically driven to manage and grow high-performing engineering teams within the SaaS platform organization in Bangalore. Your expertise includes deep proficiency in high-load distributed systems and a hands-on understanding of modern cloud-native infrastructures.
Build and Grow Our Bangalore Agent Platform Team: Be the key leader for our Agent Platform engineering team in India. Own the hiring, management, and retention of a high-performing team, ensuring local growth aligns with our global SaaS platform objectives.
Lead Execution and Delivery: Drive the execution of team projects. Partner with individual contributors (ICs) to define tasks, track progress, and ensure timely, high-quality delivery. Manage cross-team dependencies and coordinate with stakeholders (Product Managers, senior leadership) to guarantee alignment and clear communication on status and risks.
Drive Technical Strategy: Oversee the architectural design and scalability for Agent Platform SaaS services. These services interact with millions of agents and process billions of daily requests. You will rely on designated Tech Leads and senior team members for detailed design and architecture.
Ensure Cross-Functional Success: Partner with the Agent Platform engineering leadership, Product Management, and UX designers to strategically define system requirements and deliver features that protect millions of endpoints worldwide.
Foster a World-Class Engineering Culture: Promote engineering excellence and continuous learning. Coach individuals and other managers to achieve their professional goals.
Engage with Leadership: Regularly interact with senior management and executives to influence decisions and gain acceptance for strategic initiatives.
Manage a Hybrid Team: Lead the local Bangalore team within our hybrid work model, fostering strong in-person collaboration and a powerful sense of belonging.
Leadership Track Record: A minimum of 8 years of progressive software engineering experience, including 3–5 years of increasing managerial responsibility, with at least 2 years operating at the Manager level or higher.
Management & Development Expertise: Proven success in managing, hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams of 8+ direct reports, including experience managing internationally distributed and cross-functional IC teams.
Core Technical Skills: Strong proficiency and an ability to lead technical strategy in major programming languages such as Java, Go, or Python, coupled with a deep understanding of software design principles.
Distributed Systems & Cloud Scale: Deep background in architecting, building, and scaling high-load, resilient distributed systems within public cloud platforms like AWS or GCP.
Infrastructure & Observability: Solid hands-on and strategic experience with modern infrastructure tooling, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform). Experience with modern monitoring and observability stacks is a strong plus.
Product Delivery & CI/CD: Comprehensive knowledge of the entire SaaS product development lifecycle. Expert-level understanding and application of modern CI/CD practices and tooling, such as Github Actions or ArgoCD, to drive engineering velocity and quality.
Strategic Communication & Business Acumen: Exceptional verbal and written communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical decisions into clear business outcomes and align engineering execution with broader company strategy.
AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.
We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:
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.
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