Engineer II - Vulnerability Management (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellness programs

Paid parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

CrowdStrike Inc. is seeking a Vulnerability Management Engineer to join the Exposure Management Content team in Sunnyvale, CA.

You will develop detections for host and network vulnerabilities and collaborate across product management and engineering to improve exposure management capabilities. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration in a distributed environment, with a hybrid on-site requirement 2–3 days per week and a strong focus on AI-assisted

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of overall experience as an Individual Contributor.
• Experience in management and leadership roles is a plus.
• Ability to communicate crisply across executive staff to engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and lead a team of Vulnerability Detection Engineers and Researchers.
• Lead vulnerability detection coverage for Exposure Management.
• Participate in AI-enhanced detection research and PoC development.
• Design AI agent workflows for automated validation and remediation guidance.

Skills

Go

Python

Vulnerability Analysis

Vulnerability Detection

AI/ML

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Go

Python

AI Tools

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 is looking for a Vulnerability Management Engineer for our Exposure Management group. This is an Individual Contributor role in the Exposure Management Content team responsible for researching, developing and delivering our Host and Network Vulnerability Assessment detections for CrowdStrike as also collaborating on the development of new features and technical solutions. This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at our Sunnyvale, CA office. This person would work closely with other internal teams and product management to understand the requirements and needs on Vulnerability Detection capabilities for the product. They will be technically involved in the capabilities for Exposure Management to detect, track, report and prioritize vulnerabilities on assets. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential. The successful candidate should have had experience within Exposure Management, Vulnerability Analysis and Detection and be able to develop detection pipelines for vulnerabilities and other threats. Work experience in the security industry is highly desirable, including a strong understanding of some of the current prevalent products in this space.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate and lead a Team of Vulnerability Detection Engineers and Researchers to plan, coordinate and execute Vulnerability Detection Coverage for Exposure Management
• Supported Platforms
• Participate and lead Company Thought Leadership efforts and guidance for analysis on prevalent vulnerabilities and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
• Vulnerability data discovery and validation (Data efficacy & Accuracy)
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams across various physical locations including product management and other engineering disciplines.
• Lead and manage other projects as assigned
• AI-Enhanced Vulnerability Detection Research: Leverage generative AI tools to accelerate vulnerability analysis, proof-of-concept development, and detection rule creation while maintaining human oversight for validation and detection accuracy.
• Intelligent Vulnerability Assessment Pipeline: Design and implement AI agent workflows to automate multi-step vulnerability validation processes (e.g., discovery, analysis, prioritization, remediation guidance) while ensuring human-in-the-loop verification for critical vulnerability detections and false positive reduction.

What You’ll Need:

• Minimum 5 years of overall experience as an Individual Contributor.
• Experience in management and leadership roles is a plus.
• Ability and desire to being hands on as well as empowering peers while collaborating across different functional areas and products
• Ability to develop, coordinate and execute on an engineering roadmap
• Ability to communicate and articulate crisply at all levels from executive staff to engineers
• Ability to communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a distributed team
• Familiarity and experience with the Agile process
• Experience in Cybersecurity Industry
• Programming/scripting knowledge for automating day to day tasks – Python/ Perl, Golang.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Required Skills:

• Understanding of Vulnerabilities, mitigations and remediations
• Understanding of Vulnerability and Software Detection techniques
• Understanding of Vulnerability Prioritization Models
• Experience with Security/Vulnerability detections development and release
• Experience of Vulnerability Management product development
• Experience designing and implementing validation workflows for Security Based products
• Experience working in remote & distributed environments
• Solid design and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, pragmatism, quality, security, and performance
• Experience with Go and/or Python automation
• Experience with AI/ML models is a plus

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.

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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.