Engineering, Manager - Data Ingestion, NG-SIEM (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Equity awards

Paid time off

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer Manager to lead the GDI group under NG-SIEM, focusing on petabyte-scale data ingestion. You will manage a multi-region, 24/7 platform and guide 6+ engineers towards scalable, reliable ingestion across 100+ data sources.

You will own the roadmap, drive OKRs, and partner with product, CS, and support to ensure exceptional outcomes. This role is hybrid, NYC-based, with occasional travel and clear leadership expectations.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship or permanent residency required.
• Experience architecting distributed systems in large-scale cloud environments.
• 2+ years leading teams of 6+ engineers and delivering major milestones.
• Proven operational excellence across multi-region services.
• Track record improving customer experience and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of 6+ engineers to solve hard distributed-systems problems with high availability, performance and cost optimization.
• Own the team roadmap and quarterly OKRs.
• Instill operational excellence and define SLOs for global production systems.
• Engage regularly with product management, customer success and support.
• Lead by example with customer and product focus; maintain engineering talent and accountability.
• Collaborate across data platforms and product teams; travel a few times yearly.

Skills

Distributed systems architecture

Team leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

AI/data-driven decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

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:

We are seeking an Engineer Manager to be part of the GDI (Getting Data In) group under NG-SIEM with a focus on data ingestion at petabyte-scale. The group focuses on the data ingestion and onboarding experience for NG-SIEM customers, ingesting several petabytes of data per day across multiple regions from 100+ 1st party and 3rd party data sources.

You will be driving our goals to scale to 100s of PB of data ingest per day at sub-second latencies.

You will be leading a team of 5+ engineers focused on a building petabyte scale ingestion platform. You will have a chance to work on large-scale distributed systems. You will be leading key product initiatives that will require you to collaborate cross-team across other data platforms and product teams in CrowdStrike.

This role is hybrid, on-site at our NYC Office Location. Candidates should be comfortable visiting the office 2-3x a week once the development center is established.

What You'll Do:

• Lead a group of 6+ engineers to solve hard problems in distributed systems, including high availability, reliability, performance and cost optimizations to build an industry leading data ingestion platform.
• Own the team’s roadmap and quarterly OKRs.
• Instill and maintain a culture of operational excellence in the team to support globally available, multi-region systems in production. Help define and uphold the teams SLOs
• Regularly engage with stakeholders such as product management, customer success and support.
• Lead by example with customer and product focus.
• Maintain a high bar for talent and accountability for the engineers in the team
• Our systems and customers are operating globally and 24/7 so you must bring your excellent verbal and written communication skills to bear when you are working with teams across the globe. You’ll also travel a few times every year to meet with your teams and peers.

What You'll Need:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
• A strong technical background, including experience architecting, designing, and developing distributed systems products/releases, preferably in a large-scale cloud environment, across all phases of the development lifecycle.
• 2+ years of experience managing teams of 6+ individual contributors and delivering multiple major milestones of products. Demonstrated track record of building strong engineering teams.
• Demonstrated track record of operational excellence when operating services that span many components across several geographical regions.
• History of positive impact on customer experience and business results.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Experience in large-scale (distributed) system architecture, high scalability and availability, and optimization
• Experience with Stream Processing, Kafka or similar technologies

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

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, 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 $140,000 - $215,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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