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Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - Ingestion (Remote)

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Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - Ingestion (Remote)

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As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since2011, our mission hasnt changed were here to stop breaches, and weve redefined modern security with the worlds 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. Were also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. Were 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, youve 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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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

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 employer. We are 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.

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CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to equal pay for equal work in its 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:07-16-2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Computer and Network Security

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