Our Purpose

At Sentinel One, 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 Sentinel One, 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.

About Us

Sentinel One 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.

What Are We Looking For?

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 motivated PhD student with strong backend fundamentals who is excited about building production AI systems. This role is a great fit for an aspiring software engineer who works comfortably in AI-driven problem spaces and wants to apply software engineering rigor to create LLM-backed products and platforms.

This is not a research-only role. While we work closely with research and science teams, this position sits squarely in a product engineering organization. The focus is on designing and building reliable systems that ship real value to customers and internal users. We value curiosity, experimentation, and a commitment to continuous learning.

What will you do?

As an AI Software Engineering Intern, you will own an end-to-end project from idea to functioning prototype, with a clear path to production. You will:

• Develop Backend Services: Design and build services in Python that power AI-driven products and shared capabilities.

• Integrate Systems: Build resilient service integrations across internal systems, handling failure modes and rate limits.

• Build AI Features: Develop and evolve LLM-backed features and agentic workflows, focusing on reliability and real-world behavior.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with product managers, researchers, and senior engineers to turn loosely defined AI use cases into concrete, production-ready systems.

• Shape AI Quality: Help build or extend evaluation harnesses, benchmarks, or feedback loops for AI-powered features.

• Engage in Sprints: Work at a fast pace in two-week sprints and participate in weekly meetups to share progress and technical challenges.

What skills and knowledge should you bring?

• Academic Background: Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related quantitative field, graduating in 2027

• Python Proficiency: Excellent modern Python engineering skills, with the ability to write readable, performant, and testable code.

• AI Fundamentals: A strong background in AI/ML and experience with independent projects using LLMs, foundation models, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

• System Design: Solid understanding of software engineering principles, including APIs, version control, and system architecture.

• Communication: Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to solving complex problems.

• Cybersecurity Interest: Curiosity about applying AI to cybersecurity or hands-on experience in the domain.

Why us?

Our global internship program trains the next-generation of cybersecurity talent across a range of specializations, from threat intelligence to information security, engineering and marketing. Interns can learn about the network security industry from leading thinkers, grow their professional networks, and be part of a career-defining experience including:

• 1:1 mentorship

• The opportunity to expand your knowledge and work on challenging projects

• Training and Development opportunities

• Connections to other recent grads, and employees across the company

• Leadership speaker series where you can learn about other areas of the business and ask questions to the senior leadership team and industry experts

• Fun events!

This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate. For some locations, a different pay range may apply. If so, this range will be provided to you during the recruiting process. You can also reach out to the recruiter with any questions.

Base Salary Range**$31—$31 USD**
Sentinel One 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.

Sentinel One participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles.