Senior Backend Platform Engineer - Scale Security (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leader in compensation and equity awards

Comprehensive wellness programs

Competitive vacation and holidays

Paid parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Backend Engineer II to join their Detection Engine team in New York City. This hybrid role involves designing, building, and scaling foundational services across CrowdStrike’s products using advanced technologies.

Key responsibilities include leading architecture design, developing scalable microservices, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in software development, particularly with distributed systems, and programming languages such as Go, Java, and Python.

CrowdStrike offers a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary ranging from $160,000 to $250,000, and a vibrant office culture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Deep expertise in one or more modern programming languages, preferably Go.
• Proven track record in architecting and delivering critical platform services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of core platform services.
• Drive architecture for the Detection Content Management Platform.
• Develop highly scalable and fault-tolerant microservices.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Internet-scale data processing

Go (Golang)

Java8

Python

Data streaming technologies

Cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure)

Cybersecurity principles

Tools

Kubernetes

Cassandra

Kafka

OpenSearch

Postgres

Redis

AWS Cloud

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Backend Engineer II to join their Detection Engine team in New York City. This hybrid role involves designing, building, and scaling foundational services across CrowdStrike’s products using advanced technologies.

Key responsibilities include leading architecture design, developing scalable microservices, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in software development, particularly with distributed systems, and programming languages such as Go, Java, and Python.

CrowdStrike offers a comprehensive benefits package, competitive salary ranging from $160,000 to $250,000, and a vibrant office culture.