Senior Backend Engineer, Real-Time Cybersecurity Platform

CrowdStrike; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation and equity

Comprehensive wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental & adoption leave

Professional development

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Engineer II to design, build, and scale foundational services across its product stack. You’ll orchestrate data, content, and execution logic for real-time detections in a high-performance platform.

You will lead backend efforts, mentor peers, and drive architecture improvements across NGSIEM, FCS, and Endpoint integrations, while leveraging modern tooling and cloud-native systems.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Strong understanding of scalability and distributed systems.
• Experience in fast-paced, collaborative engineering environments.
• Ability to meet commitments with high-quality code and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering efforts across multiple CrowdStrike products.
• Build cloud-based systems to detect threats at global scale.
• Collaborate with teams to define architecture and improve performance.
• Mentor developers and champion new technologies.
• Continuously re-evaluate product architecture for reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

Testing & code reviews

AI technologies in workflows

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Go

C++

AWS/GCP/Azure/Kubernetes

Kafka

GIT

Cassandra

Docker

Redis

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Engineer II to design, build, and scale foundational services across its product stack. You’ll orchestrate data, content, and execution logic for real-time detections in a high-performance platform.

You will lead backend efforts, mentor peers, and drive architecture improvements across NGSIEM, FCS, and Endpoint integrations, while leveraging modern tooling and cloud-native systems.