Sr Engineer, Backend - Channel File Systems (Remote, CAN)

CrowdStrike; Toronto; Remote; CAD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm in Toronto is seeking a mid-senior Backend Engineer to design proprietary cloud protocols and scale large-scale distributed systems. Ideal candidates will bring strong experience in cloud environments and network protocols, alongside a commitment to engineering best practices. The position offers flexible remote working options and competitive compensation in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive wellness programs

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in backend systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot across multiple services.
• Experience shipping software in production.

Responsibilities

• Designing proprietary cloud protocols.
• Working closely with Falcon Sensor teams.
• Optimizing network connections and managing virtual sessions.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Network protocols

Performance optimization

Multi-tenant architecture

Team collaboration

Cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Software engineering best practices

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Cloud technologies

Open source tools

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As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s 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. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re 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

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 (negotiating TLS, balancing network connections, managing virtual sessions, distributing dynamic content, managing datastreams).

What You'll Do

As part of the team, you will have a hand in designing our proprietary Cloud Protocol and work 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, you’ve come to the right place.

What You'll Need

Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures / algorithms / distributed systems).

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.

What You'll Bring

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.

Experience with shipping high quality software in a cloud environments

Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)

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

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 Canada ULC is committed to equal pay for equal work in its compensation practices. The base salary range for this position in Canada is $150,000 - $225,000 CAD 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 and location. This is Canadian-based employment, and it is expected that all employees maintain legal entitlement to work in Canada. Applicants selected to move forward in the hiring process are subject to background checks, including but not limited to criminal record, credit, and / or reference checks.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Computer and Network Security

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