Sr. Engineer - Risk Platform (Hybrid)

About the role

The role is part of CrowdStrike's cutting-edge Falcon Exposure Management pillar, focusing on cybersecurity innovation to elevate the "stopping breaches" mission to new heights of sophistication and visibility.

Technical Excellence & Innovation

• Design and develop scalable backend services for internal and customer-facing web applications, emphasizing performance and reliability.
• Create intuitive command-line utilities and APIs that integrate seamlessly with our platform ecosystem.
• Architect supporting systems including databases, real-time data pipelines, and monitoring solutions.
• Partner with UX/UI, Sensors, and other teams to deliver integrated solutions with comprehensive documentation.
• Ensure operational excellence through advanced monitoring, alerting, and maintaining high availability for production services.
• Drive continuous innovation by driving architectural improvements, optimizing performance, and enhancing user experience through iterative refinement.
• Guide junior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making processes.
• Ensure robust, healthy service operations with proactive maintenance and incident response capabilities.

What You'll Do

• Backend Architecture: Design and develop scalable backend services powering both internal and customer-facing web applications with focus on performance and reliability.
• Developer Tools: Create intuitive command-line utilities and APIs that integrate seamlessly with our platform ecosystem.
• Infrastructure Design: Architect supporting systems including databases, real-time data pipelines, and monitoring solutions.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Partner with UX/UI, Sensors, and other teams to deliver integrated solutions with comprehensive documentation.
• Operational Excellence: Configure advanced monitoring, alerting, and maintain high availability for production services.
• Continuous Innovation: Drive architectural improvements, optimize performance, and enhance user experience through iterative refinement.
• Technical Mentorship: Guide junior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making processes.
• Service Reliability: Ensure robust, healthy service operations with proactive maintenance and incident response capabilities.

What You'll Need

• 8-10 years of production experience building, delivering, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems processing high-volume data.
• Advanced programming expertise in object-oriented languages with strong typing (primarily Golang and Python).
• Proven microservices experience with designing scalable REST APIs and distributed communication patterns.
• Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge with major providers (AWS preferred, plus Azure and GCP).
• Solid distributed systems understanding including concurrency, parallel processing, and scalability patterns (sharding, eventual consistency, caching strategies).
• Message queue proficiency, particularly Kafka (message design, throughput estimation, lag monitoring, and performance considerations).
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• Database versatility across RDBMS/SQL (PostgreSQL preferred) and distributed caching solutions like Redis.
• System troubleshooting expertise for complex distributed architectures with focus on performance and reliability.
• Engineering best practices experience including testing strategies, code reviews, and resilient architecture design.
• Collaborative technical skills with ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decisions.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and system design principles.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CrowdStrike is committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program. CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements. 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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