Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Security Platform

CrowdStrike; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leader in compensation

Comprehensive wellness programs

Competitive vacation and holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

CrowdStrike is looking for a highly experienced Backend Engineer III to join the CDE Platform team in NYC. This hybrid position involves designing, building, and scaling core services for CrowdStrike’s products, processing large-scale data streams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software development, particularly in distributed systems. CrowdStrike offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture with a focus on innovation and customer commitment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in one or more modern programming languages.
• Excellent communication skills for articulating complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of core platform services.
• Drive architecture for Detection Content Management Platform.
• Develop scalable microservices using Go, Kubernetes, and Flink.

Skills

Software development experience

Large-scale distributed systems

Cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Kafka

Go (Golang)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kubernetes

Python

Postgres

Redis

Job description

CrowdStrike is looking for a highly experienced Backend Engineer III to join the CDE Platform team in NYC. This hybrid position involves designing, building, and scaling core services for CrowdStrike’s products, processing large-scale data streams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in software development, particularly in distributed systems. CrowdStrike offers a competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture with a focus on innovation and customer commitment.