Senior Backend Engineer – Cloud-native Cybersecurity Remote

CrowdStrike Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 265,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Paid time off

Bonuses

Equity grants

Professional development

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based cybersecurity services. You will build distributed microservices, optimize performance, and ensure reliable, scalable systems across AWS/Azure/GCP.

You’ll work with Go/Python/Java, implement APIs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship secure, observable software. You will engage in modern tech like Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and a service mesh, while driving best practices, code reviews,

Qualifications

• Experience building backend modules for distributed systems with microservices and containerization.
• Experience deploying cloud-based solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP with IaC and auto-scaling.
• Proficient in databases (Postgres, Redis) and search/log systems (ElasticSearch/OpenSearch).
• Strong API design using REST with authentication/authorization and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions.
• Create distributed systems architecture for endpoint management platforms.
• Implement event-driven microservices and scalable cloud infrastructure components.
• Contribute to best practices for software architecture and code reviews.
• Enable telemetry, observability, and debuggability across services.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Docker/Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Service mesh

Cloud platforms AWS/Azure/GCP

CI/CD pipelines

Postgres

Redis

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Go/Python/Java

REST APIs

OAuth/JWT

Jaeger/Zipkin

ELK/Prometheus/Grafana

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform/CloudFormation

OpenAPI/Swagger

Spring Boot/Gin

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a senior backend engineer to design, develop, and maintain cloud-based cybersecurity services. You will build distributed microservices, optimize performance, and ensure reliable, scalable systems across AWS/Azure/GCP.

You’ll work with Go/Python/Java, implement APIs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship secure, observable software. You will engage in modern tech like Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and a service mesh, while driving best practices, code reviews,