Senior Windows Sensor Engineer – AI-Driven Security

CrowdStrike Inc.; Redmond; Hybrid; AUD 199,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Comprehensive wellness programs

Vacation and holidays

Parental/adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work certification

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a Senior Windows Sensor Engineer to develop detection technologies across Windows OS versions and contribute to on-box prevention and telemetry.

You will work on user-mode and kernel-mode components, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver production-ready security features. The role emphasizes research and practical implementation, with a strong focus on OS internals, performance, and secure coding practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing and delivering high-quality Windows software in C/C++ or other low-level programming languages.
• Demonstrated experience or interest in the fields of reverse engineering, threat detection, malware analysis, or related security topics.
• Low-level OS knowledge of Windows operating system internals, components, APIs, and design.
• Team player – able to lead, mentor, communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a globally distributed team.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build detection logic and systems leveraged across teams within CrowdStrike to detect cyber attackers and stop breaches.
• Research techniques for detecting malicious activity, including some reverse engineering and/or big-data analysis.
• Leverage Domain-specific languages, C++, Python, and other tools as appropriate to extend Falcon Sensor capabilities.
• Build elegant, robust, and reliable solutions for complex technical problems.
• Own features from design to delivery, developing them into production-level solutions for deployment.
• Apply engineering best practices—secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance, code reviews, CI/CD, and OS internals—to ensure our sensor code is fast and reliable.
• Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.
• Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ who champions for quality-first outcomes while being empowered to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a project team.
• Troubleshoot issues within the product when necessary, assisting customer support.

Skills

C/C++

Windows internals

Threat detection

Reverse engineering

AI technologies

Tools

Python

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a Senior Windows Sensor Engineer to develop detection technologies across Windows OS versions and contribute to on-box prevention and telemetry.

You will work on user-mode and kernel-mode components, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver production-ready security features. The role emphasizes research and practical implementation, with a strong focus on OS internals, performance, and secure coding practices.