Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection
Okta Inc
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This role pays less than 71% of similar roles. Most pay $153,462–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $157k versus about $185k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company that provides an AI-powered extended detection and response (XDR) platform. Its Singularity platform delivers autonomous endpoint, cloud, and identity protection for enterprises.
SentinelOne currently has 50 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $156,000–$215,000 across 35 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Backend Engineer - Prompt Security (Node.js / TypeScript), you will join the team to build backend infrastructure for an AI security product focused on monitoring assets, assessing risks, and delivering actionable insights. Your daily responsibilities include designing and maintaining scalable server-side applications and APIs, optimizing database schemas, and collaborating with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements. You will also contribute to microservices architecture, implement security and data protection measures, and manage backend services using cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP. The role requires over five years of experience in Node.js and TypeScript, along with expertise in RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and distributed architectures. You will solve critical problems regarding safe, compliant AI deployment by implementing authentication, authorization, and performance optimization strategies such as caching and message queues.
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Median $206000 from 32 postings across 15 companies.
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