Engineer 3, Sensor - SSP (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

CrowdStrike in Redmond, WA is hiring an engineer for the Falcon Sensor's foundational detection and response functions within the SSP team. You will own and evolve complex sensor detections, write cross-platform code, and collaborate with adversary response, malware researchers, and product managers to stop breaches.

The role emphasizes working across macOS, Linux, and Windows, writing in-house language and C++, and contributing tests and CI.

Qualifications

• Proficient in C++ and comfortable reading/writing code across multiple platforms.
• Experience with large, distributed systems and security-focused tooling.
• Ability to read/write Python and use AI-enhanced decision workflows.
• Familiarity with endpoint security concepts and incident handling.

Responsibilities

• Understand, modify and own complex sensor detections and response capabilities.
• Learn core logic of the Falcon sensor and mentor other developers.
• Communicate design constraints, guarantees and system behavior.
• Collaborate with engineering, malware research, and product teams.
• Write code in in-house asynchronous language and C++; contribute tests.

Skills

C++ knowledge

Python

Linux development

Endpoint security

Distributed systems

Team collaboration

AI-enabled workflows

Tools

Virtual machine runtimes

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.

About The Role

CrowdStrike's Sensor Security Platform (SSP) team is hiring an engineer to work on the Falcon sensor’s foundational detection and response functions. The SSP team’s scope and mission exists at the intersection of three broad crowdstrike missions:

• Sensor mission - Whereas there may exist a holistic, end-to-end security platform that spans all of sensor and cloud; the SSP org specifically focuses on sensor-oriented mission, consisting of technology implemented entirely (or primarily) on the Crowdstrike endpoint agent known as the Falcon Sensor
• Security mission - Whereas the Falcon Sensor may behave as a generic endpoint agent that can satisfy many business use cases; the SSP org specifically focuses on security-oriented capability, consisting of technology that directly supports the company-wide mission of stopping breaches.
• Platform mission - Whereas the Crowdstrike platform offers numerous, distinct products and modules; the SSP org specifically focuses on platform-oriented mission, consisting of technology that is reusable across products and modules and that underpins multiple security features and use cases.

Some of the domains and technologies in the SSP portfolio are Sensor Classifications, Sensor Detection Pipelines and Templates, Sensor Security Posture and Response, Endpoint User Security as well as Sensor Antitampering.

This role is targeting candidates who would work across (and take ownership of) a number of the existing SSP domains and technologies named above.

Location

• This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

What You’ll Do

• Understand, modify and assume shared ownership of complex and critical sensor detections and response capabilities
• Gain expertise in core logic of the falcon sensor, becoming a resource for other developers within Crowdstrike who use (and build on top of) the technologies owned by our team.
• Communicate design, constraints, guarantees and other aspects of the system.
• Communicate and collaborate with other teams at Crowdstrike, including engineering teams who use our tools; adversary response teams; malware researchers; product and program managers; and others.
• Write code in a variety of languages, including internally developed, non-imperative domain-specific languages. (Much, but not all, of the work we need will be written in the in-house language. This language is highly asynchronous and used to write responses to system events such as process creation and network traffic. System programming experience on one or more of macOS, Linux, and Windows is helpful.)
• Write unit, functional and integration tests
• Diagnose and resolve issues discovered by customers or other engineering teams

What You’ll Need

• Take responsibility for and ownership of their work.
• Design and implement performant, functionally-correct and well-structured logic.
• Can understand, maintain, and improve a large existing codebase.
• Can reason about, describe and communicate the nature of complex, highly-concurrent systems.
• Can reason about how our endpoint interacts with our cloud, and communicate with cloud development teams for both design and troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and write C++ (though this is not primarily a C++ position).
• Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team (across timezones and continents, and with a variety of subject matter expertise).
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points

• Fluency and expertise in Linux development environments
• Fluency in writing Python
• Endpoint security background
• Experience designing or writing virtual machine runtimes

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

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. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

Right to Work

CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $120,000 - $180,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

Bonus Points

• Fluency and expertise in Linux development environments
• Fluency in writing Python
• Endpoint security background
• Experience designing or writing virtual machine runtimes