Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - Ingestion (Hybrid)

About the role

The Ingestion group at CrowdStrike manages all network communications event traffic between our security cloud and customer resources. This involves working with large-scale distributed systems, handling high volumes of services, and managing network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design and build complex systems with high autonomy and comfort with ambiguity in specs.
• Collaborate closely with Falcon Sensor teams for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android platforms.
• Scale backend systems, including sharding, partitioning, and horizontal scaling.
• Troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services.
• Ship code and ensure high-quality software through unit testing, code reviews, and continuous integration.
• Build and maintain distributed systems, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Work on proprietary Cloud Protocols and other major initiatives.

Requirements

• At least a degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Over 7 years of full-time backend software development experience.
• Experience building high-volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product.
• A solid grounding in at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• The ability to scale backend systems, troubleshoot failures, and manage multi-tenant architecture.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.
• Team player skills and strong collaboration abilities.
• Experience with engineering best practices, including testing paradigms, peer code reviews, and resilient architecture.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative, and iterative environment.
• Passionate about engineering excellence, quality, security, and performance.
• Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills.
• Industry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers.
• Authoring and leading 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.

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems, network protocols, performance optimization, open source tools and libraries, and multi-tenant architecture.

Skills

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems, network protocols, performance optimization, open source tools and libraries, and multi-tenant architecture.

Benefits

• Market-leading 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.
• Vibrant office culture with world-class amenities.
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe.