As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C* servers - and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate an inclusive culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
About the Role:
Our Ingestion group at Crowdstrike manages all network communications event traffic between our security cloud and customer resources. This means ultra-high volume services (all written in Golang) supported by Kafka, and plenty of work with network connections and protocols (etc. - negotiating TLS, balancing network connections, managing virtual sessions, distributing dynamic content, managing datastreams, and so on).
CrowdStrike is seeking a backend software engineer who wants to grow at scale, is comfortable with being technically stretched, and would like to positively impact our mission to stop breaches. Your experience working with large-scale distributed systems will be applied across a range of services.
What You'll Do:
As a Major Initiative Lead you will have high autonomy with high expectations, often serving as a guiding hand in designing things like proprietary Cloud Protocol(s), and working closely with Falcon Sensor teams for each of the platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android). Your details-oriented mindset and performance focus will allow CrowdStrike to scale into the future. Solid experience with large-scale distributed systems, network protocols, performance optimization, open source tools and libraries and multi-tenant architecture is highly desirable but not required.
If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high-scale, you’ve come to the right place.
What You'll Need:
Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
Over 7 years' experience in a full-time backend software development role
Ample experience building high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product
Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.
The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services.
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.
Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible
A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.
The ability to thrive in a fast paced, test-driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment.
The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering
Bonus Points:
Industry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers
Authored and lead successful open source libraries and projects
Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch…
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
Remote-friendly and flexible work culture
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at recruiting@crowdstrike.com for further assistance.
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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $135,000 - $215,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location.Expected Close Date of Job Posting is:02-06-2025
