Principal Telemetry & Observability Architect

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Oregon (WI); On-site; USD 195,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation and equity

Wellness programs

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

CcrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the telemetry and observability platform across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

You will drive the end-to-end architecture from endpoint collection to cloud analytics, balancing performance with reliability. Ideal candidates bring deep C/C++ expertise, experience with structured logging and privacy at scale, and a track record of shipping platform changes without breaking existing consumers.

Qualifications

• Experience architecting telemetry/observability end-to-end.
• Strong C/C++ in performance-sensitive systems.
• Experience with data governance and privacy at scale.
• Proven ability to ship platform changes without breaking consumers.
• Strong debugging and memory-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the telemetry platform architecture from endpoint to cloud.
• Lead cross-team design and implementation efforts.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical bar across teams.
• Drive structured logging and data governance across telemetry pipelines.

Skills

Telemetry architecture

C/C++

Structured logging

PII privacy

Distributed systems

Mentoring/leadership

Tools

ETW

PMU

Go

Job description

CcrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to own the telemetry and observability platform across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

You will drive the end-to-end architecture from endpoint collection to cloud analytics, balancing performance with reliability. Ideal candidates bring deep C/C++ expertise, experience with structured logging and privacy at scale, and a track record of shipping platform changes without breaking existing consumers.