Senior Backend Engineer - AI/LLM Cloud Microservices

CrowdStrike; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Wellness programs

Vacation & holidays

Parental leaves

Professional development

Employee networks

Office culture

Great Place to Work certification

Job summary

CrowdStrike in Austin, TX/ NYC is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to join our Charlotte AI Engineering Team. You will build globally distributed, fault-tolerant cloud ecosystems using Golang and Large Language Models, contributing from a hybrid office model with regular in-person collaboration.

We value curiosity, autonomy, and a strong product mindset. You’ll mentor peers, push for high-quality code, and partner with product teams to deliver scalable security solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Language Models, Data Science, and Data Engineering.
• Experience with big data and microservices.
• Understanding scalability and distributed systems (sharding, partitioning, concurrency).
• Team player with collaborative mindset.
• Strong engineering practices including testing, peer reviews, and resilient architecture.
• Ability to thrive in a test-driven, iterative environment.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality software with unit tests and CI.

Responsibilities

• Advance backend microservices and improve critical-solution design.
• Build cloud solutions for detecting and countering cyber threats.
• Innovate with Large Language Models to expand Charlotte AI capabilities.
• Develop data pipelines, maintain data quality, and help train LLMs.
• Collaborate across teams to define and implement solutions.
• Commit to continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
• Focus on high-quality code with testing, logging, and metrics.
• Work in an agile, collaborative team and mentor peers.

Skills

Language Models

Data Science

Data Engineering

Big data

Distributed systems

Team player

Engineering best practices

Test-driven development

CI/CD

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Go (Golang)

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Redis / S3 / EC2 / IAM

Kafka

GIT

Cassandra

ElasticSearch

Job description

CrowdStrike in Austin, TX/ NYC is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to join our Charlotte AI Engineering Team. You will build globally distributed, fault-tolerant cloud ecosystems using Golang and Large Language Models, contributing from a hybrid office model with regular in-person collaboration.

We value curiosity, autonomy, and a strong product mindset. You’ll mentor peers, push for high-quality code, and partner with product teams to deliver scalable security solutions.