Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Powered Cloud Detection

CrowdStrike; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, seeks a highly experienced backend engineer to lead development of scalable systems. You will shape architectures, drive cloud-based detection initiatives, and mentor teams across products.

The role emphasizes collaboration, robust testing, and delivering high-quality software with AI-enabled improvements. Based in London, United Kingdom, this full-time position offers market-leading compensation and a path toward advancing CrowdStrike's AI-native

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or professional experience in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of scalability and distributed systems, including sharding, partitioning, and concurrency.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative environment.
• Experience applying AI technologies to enhance decision-making and efficiency.
• Commitment to high-quality, unit-tested, code-reviewed software.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications.
• Develop cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate threat intelligence at scale.
• Collaborate across teams to define and build solutions.
• Mentor peers and stay current with new technologies and methods.
• Continuously reassess architecture, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

CI/CD practices

AI integrations

Cloud familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Golang

Scala

Kafka

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

AWS

Azure

GCP

GitHub

DevOps

Job description

CrowdStrike, a global leader in cybersecurity, seeks a highly experienced backend engineer to lead development of scalable systems. You will shape architectures, drive cloud-based detection initiatives, and mentor teams across products.

The role emphasizes collaboration, robust testing, and delivering high-quality software with AI-enabled improvements. Based in London, United Kingdom, this full-time position offers market-leading compensation and a path toward advancing CrowdStrike's AI-native