Cloud Platform SDET Engineer III - Scale & Security

CrowdStrike, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leader compensation

Equity awards

Comprehensive wellness programs

Vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) in the Platform group, focusing on authentication and authorization. You will build and scale test automation infrastructure for cloud services, end-to-end security features, and edge-case exploration across enterprise-scale workloads.

The role combines designing scalable frameworks, reviewing designs for testability and security, and developing cloud test environments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of combined experience as an SDET or Backend Developer.
• 3+ years building testing frameworks and tooling for Cloud SaaS products.
• Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, distributed systems).
• Expertise in at least one modern programming language: Go, Python, Java, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with cloud architectures and microservices; REST, gRPC, Protocol Buffers or similar APIs; data stores like PostgreSQL/Cassandra/Redis; containers with Docker/Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks for complex distributed systems involving cloud services and endpoint agent software.
• Develop comprehensive test strategies for security-critical features, focusing on reliability, accuracy, and performance at scale
• Review engineering designs for testability, security implications, and edge cases
• Create and maintain cloud-based test infrastructure that simulates real-world deployment scenarios
• Build tools/frameworks for testing agent-cloud interactions, data pipelines, and API integrations
• Drive root cause analysis for production issues and implement automated tests to prevent regression
• Mentor team members on test automation best practices and security-conscious testing

Skills

SDET experience

Backend development

Cloud SaaS testing

Distributed systems

Go/Python/Java/C++/TypeScript

Education

Degree in Computer Engineering / STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Redis

REST/gRPC

CI/CD pipelines

JMeter/Gatling

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) in the Platform group, focusing on authentication and authorization. You will build and scale test automation infrastructure for cloud services, end-to-end security features, and edge-case exploration across enterprise-scale workloads.

The role combines designing scalable frameworks, reviewing designs for testability and security, and developing cloud test environments.