MacOS Threat Detection Engineer III

CrowdStrike; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer III for the Content Development team to research and develop macOS-based detection techniques and production-grade sensor features. You’ll work with a small, nimble group of macOS engineers, leveraging shared code across Windows and Linux platforms.

This role blends research and implementation, requires a strong software engineering background, and offers ownership of end-to-end delivery in a distributed team with a hybrid in-office requirement across multiple

Qualifications

• 3+ years in reverse engineering, threat detection, malware analysis, or on-device development.
• Proficiency in Swift, C/C++, or Objective-C and a security-focused mindset.
• Strong knowledge of macOS internals, APIs, and frameworks.
• High-quality, concurrent code in Swift and/or C/C++ with performance considerations.
• Experience delivering enterprise software with CI, testing, debugging, and release processes.
• Team player with distributed teamwork and clear communication.
• Experience applying AI to improve workflows and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build detection logic used across CrowdStrike to stop breaches.
• Research techniques for detecting malicious activity, including reverse engineering and big-data analysis.
• Own features from design to production delivery for the endpoint sensor.
• Extend codebase using Swift, C++, Python and related DSLs.
• Apply secure coding, testing, debugging, performance tuning, and OS internals knowledge.

Skills

Swift

C/C++

Python

macOS internals

AI for decision-making

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an Engineer III for the Content Development team to research and develop macOS-based detection techniques and production-grade sensor features. You’ll work with a small, nimble group of macOS engineers, leveraging shared code across Windows and Linux platforms.

This role blends research and implementation, requires a strong software engineering background, and offers ownership of end-to-end delivery in a distributed team with a hybrid in-office requirement across multiple