Senior Linux Systems Engineer - Hybrid, AI-Driven Security

CrowdStrike Inc.; Redmond; Hybrid; AUD 228,000 - 371,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Equity awards

Comprehensive wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental/adoption leave

Employee networks and volunteer opps

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Linux system software engineer to design and develop enterprise-grade software for large-scale servers and cloud environments. You will drive design discussions, review colleagues’ work, and communicate tradeoffs to partners.

The role emphasizes high concurrency, kernel-level understanding, and robust debugging capabilities, with collaboration across a distributed team. A hybrid on-site/work-from-home setup is expected.

Qualifications

• Proficient in C/C++ for enterprise Linux system software.
• Experience with high concurrency and reliability in Linux environments.
• Strong kernel and system software debugging skills.
• Ability to own ambiguous technical problems and drive them to resolution.
• Experience communicating across distributed teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable Linux system software for large-scale servers and cloud environments.
• Lead design reviews and craft proposals; provide substantive feedback to raise engineering quality.
• Communicate tradeoffs and risks to engineering, product, and program partners.
• Participate in planning, scope work, identify dependencies, and flag risks early.
• Mentor junior engineers through code and design reviews; share knowledge.
• Investigate production incidents and root causes; build fleet-wide failure mode knowledge.
• Improve end-to-end testing and validation for critical components.

Skills

C/C++

Linux

Kernel debugging

Multi-threading

Distributed systems

AI usage in workflows

Tools

eBPF

Tracing technologies

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Linux system software engineer to design and develop enterprise-grade software for large-scale servers and cloud environments. You will drive design discussions, review colleagues’ work, and communicate tradeoffs to partners.

The role emphasizes high concurrency, kernel-level understanding, and robust debugging capabilities, with collaboration across a distributed team. A hybrid on-site/work-from-home setup is expected.