Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Distributed Systems

CrowdStrike Inc.; Columbus (OH); A distancia; USD 265.000 - 285.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Market-leading compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental & adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee networks & community

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certification

Descripción de la vacante

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to design, develop and maintain cloud-based cybersecurity software. You will build distributed services, implement microservices architecture, and ensure scalable, observable systems across AWS/Azure/GCP environments.

You will work on telemetry, reliability, and collaboration with frontend and other teams. This role supports 100% remote work from anywhere in the US and offers competitive compensation and equity as part of a comprehensive

Formación

• Experience building backend modules for distributed systems using microservices, containers, messaging, and service mesh patterns.
• Experience deploying cloud-based solutions on AWS/Azure/GCP with IaC, auto-scaling, CI/CD, and multi-region deployments.
• Experience with Redis, Kafka, Postgres, and ElasticSearch/OpenSearch for caching, streaming, storage, and search.
• Experience building REST or similar APIs with proper auth, versioning, rate limiting, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
• Proficient in Go, Python, or Java with concurrency, performance, and production-grade practices.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis for distributed systems (Jaeger/Zipkin, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Collaborative coding, code reviews, and PR management.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions.
• Create and implement distributed architectures for endpoint management platforms.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives focused on sensor telemetry and system debuggability.
• Build high-performance cloud infrastructure components with reliability and monitoring.
• Perform root cause analysis for critical issues and collaborate across teams.
• Participate in code reviews and provide technical guidance to teammates.
• Implement microservices architecture for scalability and resilience.
• Design event-driven systems using modern messaging patterns.
• Contribute to best practices for software architecture.
• Telecommuting is permitted 100% of the time from anywhere within the US.

Conocimientos

Backend development

Distributed systems

Microservices architecture

Cloud-based solutions

API design & docs

Go, Python, or Java

CI/CD pipelines

Multi-region deployments

Troubleshooting distributed systems

Code reviews

Educación

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Terraform/CloudFormation

AWS/Azure/GCP

RDS/Lambda/S3

Postgres

ElasticSearch/OpenSearch

Jaeger/Zipkin

Prometheus/Grafana

ELK stack

Descripción del empleo

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a seasoned backend engineer to design, develop and maintain cloud-based cybersecurity software. You will build distributed services, implement microservices architecture, and ensure scalable, observable systems across AWS/Azure/GCP environments.

You will work on telemetry, reliability, and collaboration with frontend and other teams. This role supports 100% remote work from anywhere in the US and offers competitive compensation and equity as part of a comprehensive