Sr. Engineer - Risk Platform (Remote, IRE)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Ireland; Remote; EUR 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks & volunteering

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a senior engineer to architect and deliver risk analytics capabilities. You’ll work on backend services that process massive data streams and provide security insights using AI-enabled risk scoring across the attack surface.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, scalable architectures, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive product delivery and incident response readiness.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of production experience building large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with Spark, Flink and Kafka for high-velocity data streams.
• Proficient in Golang and Python; strong OO design.
• Experience designing scalable REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong cloud knowledge with AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Cybersecurity domain experience or relevant certifications.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services powering internal and customer-facing apps.
• Develop command-line tools and APIs integrated with the platform.
• Architect data pipelines, databases, and monitoring solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

Golang

Python

REST APIs

Apache Spark

Apache Flink

Kafka

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cassandra

Graph databases

CQL

Job description

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 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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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.

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 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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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:

As part of CrowdStrike's Risk Analytics team, you'll be at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, elevating our industry-leading "stopping breaches" mission to unprecedented levels of sophistication and visibility. You'll architect and build the foundational risk intelligence platform that powers next-generation security insights. Leveraging advanced algorithms and AI, you'll deliver comprehensive visibility into risk compounding, attack path analysis, and posture scoring across the entire attack surface.

Technical Excellence & Innovation:

In this pivotal role, you'll harness cutting-edge technologies to engineer robust backend services that seamlessly analyze massive data streams, execute complex risk calculations, and deliver intelligent remediation automation. Working primarily with Golang microservices architecture and multiple database ecosystems, you'll build scalable solutions that protect organizations worldwide from evolving cyber threats.

Leadership & Impact:

As a technical leader, you'll drive end-to-end product delivery, architect scalable solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define priorities and scope. Your expertise will directly influence the cybersecurity landscape, protecting organizations from sophisticated threats while advancing the state of the art in exposure management.

What You'll Do:

• Backend Architecture: Design and develop scalable backend services powering both internal and customer-facing web applications with focus on performance and reliability
• Developer Tools: Create intuitive command-line utilities and APIs that integrate seamlessly with our platform ecosystem
• Infrastructure Design: Architect supporting systems including databases, real-time data pipelines, and monitoring solutions
• Cross-team Collaboration: Partner with UX/UI, Sensors, and other teams to deliver integrated solutions with comprehensive documentation
• Operational Excellence: Configure advanced monitoring, alerting, and maintain high availability for production services
• Continuous Innovation: Drive architectural improvements, optimize performance, and enhance user experience through iterative refinement
• Technical Mentorship: Guide junior engineers and contribute to technical decision-making processes
• Service Reliability: Ensure robust, healthy service operations with proactive maintenance and incident response capabilities

What You’ll Need:

• 8-10 years of production experience building, delivering, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems processing high-volume data
• Experience developing robust, distributed systems using frameworks like Apache Spark, Apache Flink, and Kafka to handle high-velocity streaming events and large-scale batch ETL workloads.
• Advanced programming expertise in object-oriented languages with strong typing (we primarily use Golang and Python—we'll help you master our stack!)
• Proven microservices experience with designing scalable REST APIs and distributed communication patterns
• Strong cloud infrastructure knowledge with major providers (AWS preferred, plus Azure and GCP) for provisioning, monitoring, and optimization
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• System troubleshooting expertise for complex distributed architectures with focus on performance and reliability
• Engineering best practices experience including testing strategies, code reviews, and resilient architecture design
• Collaborative technical skills with ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical decisions
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and system design principles
• Bonus Points: Expertise in tuning and managing batch processing (Spark) and/or streaming processing (Flink, Spark Streaming) at scale
• Graph database knowledge and experience with graph structures (nodes, edges, relationships)
• Cassandra and CQL experience with wide-column databases
• Cybersecurity industry experience or relevant certifications
• Docker and Kubernetes experience
• Open source contributions or technical community involvement #LI-MB1

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• 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 Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified across the globe

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.

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Company History

CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world’s leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware-based defenses. Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware. There’s much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there’s only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.