Sr. Engineer, Backend/Cloud - Policy (Hybrid)

About the role

We’re building a welcoming & flexible team that prizes collaboration over competition, one which provides opportunities to learn new skills, mentor junior and senior developers and contribute to the direction of both the team & the products we’re responsible for.

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Engineer for our Policy Management team. This role will join the team responsible for the cloud-side software and user interfaces that provide configuration and settings information to the Falcon endpoint agent.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve cloud-based systems to flawlessly manage and distribute configuration information to a fleet of millions of endpoints, collaborating with other cloud, front-end, and endpoint developers.
• Brainstorm, design, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
• Build elegant and performant solutions for complex technical problems in Go.
• Read and critique code in the multiple programming languages in use in our environment (including Go, Python, Unix shell, Typescript, C++, among others), and provide technical guidance and feedback to team members.
• Focus on continual learning, raising the bar for both yourself and your teammates.
• Leverage our understanding of engineering best practices, including topics like appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure that our code is clean.
• Deliver and accept feedback with grace and courtesy.
• Collaborate on determining root causes of production outages and adding quality improvements to prevent outages in the future.

Requirements

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status).
• A computer science background or equivalent experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience building and scaling back-end systems in production.
• Team player skills – we embrace collaboration.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• Experience with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, Elastic Search, and/or similar technologies.
• Experience with cloud services, such as AWS or Azure, particularly compute and storage offerings.
• Experience developing and deploying into Linux containers.
• Ability to travel (primarily to the United States) 1-3x per year.

Bonus Points

• Prior experience managing configuration automation for large endpoint fleets (for example, Microsoft Configuration Manager, JAMF Pro, ChromeoOS device management)
• Prior experience with building, operating, and scaling low-latency internet services.
• Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Exposure to/experience with cybersecurity and intelligence.

What You'll Need:

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status).
• A computer science background or equivalent experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, etc.).
• 5+ years of experience building and scaling back-end systems in production.
• Team player skills – we embrace collaboration.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• Experience with Golang, Python, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, Elastic Search, and/or similar technologies.
• Experience with cloud services, such as AWS or Azure, particularly compute and storage offerings.
• Experience developing and deploying into Linux containers.
• Ability to travel (primarily to the United States) 1-3x per year.

Benefits Of Working At CrowdStrike:

• 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 Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe