SentinelOne · 1 day ago
Principal Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$208K/yr - $286K/yr
12+ years expSentinelOne is a company redefining cybersecurity through AI-powered innovation. The Principal Architect will lead the architectural direction of the AI-powered security platform, ensuring scalability and integration of advanced technologies while influencing critical business decisions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity
Responsibilities
Define the Future Architecture: Serve as the final authority and strategic driver for the company's platform architecture, ensuring it aligns with our long-term vision, supports massive scale, and accelerates the delivery of our AI, data, and security product roadmap
Lead the architectural design and evolution of our core platform components, focusing on seamless integration, high-performance data pipelines, and the operationalization of cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities into our threat detection and response engine
Provide decisive technical guidance to R&D, Product Management, and Executive Leadership on critical build-vs-buy decisions, technology investments, and architectural trade-offs that have significant business impact
Lead architecture and design discussions with key customers and partners, maximizing the reach and potential of our platform
Identify and architect solutions for the most pressing systemic security, performance, and scaling issues across our production environments (multi-cloud/hybrid); this includes evolving our cloud security posture, data governance model, and continuous delivery pipelines
Institute and champion a flexible, yet disciplined, set of architectural principles, standards, and patterns to ensure engineering velocity without compromising security, reliability, or cost-efficiency
Maintain expert-level awareness of emerging technologies, particularly in Generative AI, large-scale data processing, serverless/container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and cloud-native security, evaluating their potential to provide a competitive advantage
Act as a hands-on mentor and technical thought leader, raising the architectural competence of senior engineers and architects across the organization
Drive architectural consensus and adoption across globally distributed teams within the Product and Technology teams (R&D, DevOps, Cloud Ops, Security, and Product) and with Go-to-Market teams (Partners, Systems Engineering) often bridging technical silos and resolving complex organizational dependencies
Qualification
Required
12+ years in technical leadership roles, with 4+ years as a Principal Architect, Distinguished Engineer, or equivalent role in a global-scale SaaS or cybersecurity company
Deep expertise as a lead architect defining and evolving infrastructure, middleware, security, data, AI, and services architectures
Expertise in designing and operating large-scale, multi-region cloud security platforms (AWS required)
Hands-on experience deploying AI/ML in production, including operationalizing models, LLM architectures, vector databases, and high-performance data pipelines
Extensive background in platform architecture: data lakes, microservices, APIs, and multi-tenant SaaS delivery models
Strong security background, with expertise in IAM, Zero Trust, and cryptographic controls
Exceptional communication skills, able to articulate complex technical strategies to executives and engineers alike
Experience in fast-scaling cybersecurity environments handling petabyte-scale telemetry and real-time threat analysis
Deep expertise in Kubernetes, CNCF technologies, and cloud-native security practices
Preferred
Exposure to GCP/Azure
Advanced certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, or CISSP/CCSP
Published thought leadership (patents, papers, or technical articles) in cloud architecture, AI, and/or cybersecurity
Benefits
Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(k), Commuter, Health and Dependent FSA
Unlimited PTO
Industry-leading gender-neutral parental leave
Paid company holidays
Paid sick time
Employee stock purchase program
Disability and life insurance
Employee assistance program
Gym membership reimbursement
Cell phone reimbursement
Numerous company-sponsored events including regular happy hours and team-building events
Company
SentinelOne
SentinelOne is an autonomous cybersecurity solution company.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (13)
2024 (14)
2023 (2)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$696.52MKey Investors
Tiger Global ManagementInsight PartnersRedpoint
2021-06-30Post Ipo Equity
2021-06-30IPO
2020-11-11Series F· $267M
Leadership Team
Tomer Weingarten
Co-Founder and CEO
Wayne Phillips
Field CTO
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