Advanced Cloud Security Research Engineer II

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Equity grants

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a software engineer to help build and maintain cloud-based detection services. You will work in a remote-first environment with multidisciplinary teams across Security, Data Science, Engineering, and Visualization to develop innovative solutions for security challenges.

You will contribute to a platform that leverages AI to accelerate threat detection, with opportunities for creativity, mentoring, and ownership of distributed systems.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or permanent residency required.
• Computer science degree or commensurate experience.
• Programming expertise in at least one language.
• Java/Scala, Go, or Python experience preferred.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, RESTful patterns, and multithreading concepts.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, Bamboo).
• Experience interacting with major cloud provider APIs (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Effective communication across functions and levels within the company.
• Experience applying AI technologies to enhance decision-making and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work with Kafka, Flink, Redis, ElasticSearch, Cassandra and LLMs.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance distributed cloud services.
• Keep services running in a healthy state.
• Collaborate with internal teams to integrate capabilities into the Falcon platform.

Skills

Programming languages

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

CI/CD tools

Cloud APIs

Communication

Education

CS degree or equivalent

Tools

Jenkins

Bamboo

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kafka

Flink

Redis

ElasticSearch

Cassandra

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a software engineer to help build and maintain cloud-based detection services. You will work in a remote-first environment with multidisciplinary teams across Security, Data Science, Engineering, and Visualization to develop innovative solutions for security challenges.

You will contribute to a platform that leverages AI to accelerate threat detection, with opportunities for creativity, mentoring, and ownership of distributed systems.