Sr. Backend Cloud Engineer - Auth

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive wellness programs

Competitive vacation and holidays

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

A global cybersecurity leader is seeking an experienced backend engineer to join their cloud backend team. You will take lead on engineering projects, build scalable systems capable of processing massive data loads, and collaborate with various teams. An ideal candidate has over 11 years of experience, a degree in Computer Science, and a deep understanding of distributed systems. The role is based in Bengaluru, India, and offers a vibrant work culture and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative programming environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend engineering efforts from prototypes to large-scale applications.
• Build and leverage cloud-based systems for global cyber threat intelligence.
• Collaborate across teams to improve architecture and user experience.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Concurrency

API design

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Go (Golang)

AWS

Kafka

ElasticSearch

Redis

Postgres

gRPC

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**About the Role:**You’ll be joining the cloud backend team in the Platform product group responsible for authentication and authorization. The Auth team is responsible for both internal (e.g. Service-to-service authorization, etc.) and external (e.g. user login, etc) authN and authZ. The team is a critical part of cloud, frequently working collaboratively with many other product groups. The team builds and extends services that are capable of making 1+ trillion decisions per day!Bring your experience in distributed technologies and algorithms, your great API and systemsdesign sensibilities, and your passion for writing code that performs at extreme scale. You will help build a platform that scales to millions of events per second and Terabytes of data per day. 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 Do:*** Lead backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products* Leverage and build cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence production at a global scale* Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams* Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team* Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend and data storage technologies and our system* Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability* Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables* Use and give back to the open source community**What You’ll Use:*** Go (Golang)* OAuth* AWS* Kafka* GIT* ElasticSearch* Redis* Postgres* AWS Cloud* gRPC**What You’ll Need:*** Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)* 11+ years of backend development experience* The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you* The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production* Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges* Deep understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies* 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**Bonus Points:*** Authored and led successful open source libraries and projects* Existing exposure to Go, AWS, GCP, SpiceDB/OpenFGA/Zanzibar, Kafka, Elasticsearch* Familiarity with SAML, OAuth, SSO, OIDC, JWT* Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields#LI-DP1**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(TM) across the globeCrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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