MacOS Sensor Engineer (Hybrid) – Security & Detection

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

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Equity awards

Comprehensive wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental and adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks and community groups

World-class office amenities

Great Place to Work Certification

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer III to research and develop detection techniques for macOS systems, turning them into production-ready solutions for the endpoint sensor. You will collaborate with a nimble team of macOS engineers, leverage shared code with Windows and Linux, and contribute across the full development lifecycle.

The role demands a strong software engineering background, macOS expertise, and experience in security, with ownership of features from design through release and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with either reverse engineering, threat detection, and malware analysis, and familiarity with on-device development, or designing, building, and delivering high-quality software in Swift, C/C++, or Objective-C (and ideally similar languages).
• Solid knowledge of macOS OS internals: processes, storage, networking, and memory management, along with relevant components, APIs, and frameworks.
• Ability to develop high-quality code in Swift and/or C/C++ with high-concurrency requirements and strong multi-threading.

Responsibilities

• Design and build detection logic and systems leveraged across teams to detect cyber attackers and stop breaches.
• Research techniques for detecting malicious activity, including some reverse engineering and/or big-data analysis.
• Own features from design to delivery, developing them into production-level solutions for deployment in the endpoint sensor.
• Extend our existing codebase using Swift, C++, Python, and other tools and DSLs as appropriate.
• Apply engineering best practices - secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance, code reviews, CI/CD, and OS internals to ensure our sensor code is fast and reliable.
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team spread across geographies.
• Respond to and troubleshoot product issues reported by customers.
• Be an energetic self-starter with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for individual deliverables.
• Take on other projects as assigned

Skills

Reverse engineering

Threat detection

Malware analysis

Swift

C/C++

Objective-C

Security

Multi-threading

AI technologies

Distributed collaboration

Tools

Python

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer III to research and develop detection techniques for macOS systems, turning them into production-ready solutions for the endpoint sensor. You will collaborate with a nimble team of macOS engineers, leverage shared code with Windows and Linux, and contribute across the full development lifecycle.

The role demands a strong software engineering background, macOS expertise, and experience in security, with ownership of features from design through release and