Windows Detection Engineering Manager

Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo

About the role

<div class="content-intro"><h3>Our Purpose<strong><br></strong></h3> <p>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.</p> <h3>

About Us<strong><br></strong></h3> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <h3><strong>What Are We Looking For?</strong></h3> <p>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.</p></div><p>As a Windows Detection Engineering Manager you will be tasked with helping shape the future of endpoint security through a unified, converged platform that automatically prevents, detects, and responds to threats in real time. You will lead a team of engineers that create advanced Windows behavioral detections and in memory traps by combining deep understanding of the OS system, behavioral analysis, and innovative machine learning techniques to identify and stop sophisticated attacks before they cause harm.</p> <p>You will join a growing team of passionate security experts and technical leaders who think differently, challenge assumptions, and constantly explore new ways to outsmart adversaries. In this role, you will lead a strategic team to advance windows detection forward through both research and engineering.</p> <h3>What Will You Do?</h3> <p>Primary

responsibilities include<strong>: </strong></p> <ul> <li>You will manage a team of detection engineers and guide them through the research and development of detection rules and infrastructure.</li> <li>You will be responsible for driving the detection of the newest malware and exploits based on SentinelOne’s <a href="https://www.sentinelone.com/platform/endpoint-security/" target="_blank">Endpoint Protection</a> platform. Your team's work won’t end with a hypothesis or a document - together you’ll have an end-to-end responsibility for behavior-based detection capabilities, starting from leading any prior research, designing new methods to detect or prevent those, and the implementation of it in the product in the end (SW development in C++23 and scripting in Lua).</li> <li>You will be leading the development and research of attack tools, PoCs, and the discovery of new ways to detect/prevent exploitation attacks (EoP, drive-by attacks, and more).</li> <li>At the end of the day, your team's deliverables will enhance the security of dozens of millions of Windows endpoints, which are protected by our platform.</li> <li>You will meet extraordinary challenges facing the newest attacks and tech obstacles, and overcome them. You will work with the very BEST in the industry in a flexible and independent environment. You will influence the design of a disruptive product that will shape the security industry of tomorrow.</li> </ul> <h3>What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?</h3> <p>Ideal candidates will have:</p> <ul> <li>Highly prefered: Proven experience in leading a team of researchers or detection engineers</li> <li>Must-have: Experience in writing behavioral detection rules - understanding how to detect low-level malicious techniques while evaluating the rule’s efficacy</li> <li>Must-have: Excellent understanding of the Windows Internals - understanding how core system components (Process and Threads, Virtual Memory, and more) work behind the scenes</li> <li>An advantage would be: modern C++ experience and understanding of existing AV / EDR internals</li> </ul> <h3>Why SentinelOne?</h3> <p>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.</p> <p>We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive

benefits designed to support you and your family:</p> <p><strong>Equity & Rewards</strong></p> <ul> <li>Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)</li> <li>Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time Off & Wellbeing</strong></p> <ul> <li>Competitive leave

benefits</li> <li>Gender-neutral parental leave</li> <li>Employee Assistant Program</li> <li>Workout sessions and a Wellness App</li> </ul> <p><strong>Insurance & Financial Security</strong></p> <ul> <li>Medical and insurance

benefits</li> <li>Pension</li> <li>Employee Assistance Program (EAP)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Work

Perks & Flexibility</strong></p> <ul> <li>Global home office allowance</li> <li>Mobile phone reimbursement</li> <li>Study Fund</li> </ul> <p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles. </span></p></div>

About SentinelOne

SentinelOne is a cybersecurity company that delivers autonomous, AI-powered solutions for preventing, detecting, and responding to cyber threats across endpoints, cloud workloads, identities, and data. Its flagship platform, Singularity, integrates Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Cloud Workload Protection (CWP), and Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) into a single solution. With real-time behavioral AI, deep visibility, and automated response capabilities, SentinelOne empowers organizations to protect their assets against advanced and evolving threats. The company also offers 24/7/365 threat hunting and managed detection services through its WatchTower and Vigilance platforms. Recognized as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, SentinelOne continues to redefine modern cybersecurity standards. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, and publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol S, the company serves enterprises globally across industries and regulatory environments.

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Location

Tel Aviv District, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Company

NameSentinelOne
IndustryArtificial Intelligence (AI)
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$696.5M

Last stage

Public

Investors

Tiger Global Management
Insight Partners
Sequoia Capital
Redpoint Ventures
Third Point Ventures

Founders

Tomer Weingarten

Tomer Weingarten

Co-Founder & CEO

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Almog Cohen

Co-Founder

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Ehud (Udi) Shamir

Co-Founder

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