Senior Cloud Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems (Remote)

CrowdStrike Inc.; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 265,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity grants

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Professional development

Employee networks

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain backend systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions. The role focuses on distributed architectures for endpoint management and scalable microservices.

You will collaborate across teams to improve sensor telemetry, debuggability, and performance, while contributing to architectural best practices. This position supports telecommuting from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or closely related field plus 5 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions.
• Create and implement distributed architecture for endpoint management platforms.
• Participate in initiatives focusing on sensor telemetry and system debuggability.
• Maintain high-performance cloud infrastructure components with monitoring and debugging.
• Perform root cause analysis for critical issues and collaborate cross-functionally for integrated solutions.
• Contribute in code reviews and provide technical guidance to teammates.
• Implement microservices for scalability and design event-driven systems.

Skills

Microservices architecture

Docker/Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

AWS/Azure/GCP

Terraform/CloudFormation

Go/Python/Java

JWT/OAuth/OpenAPI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Spring Boot

Gin

Postgres

Redis

ElasticSearch/OpenSearch

Jaeger/Zipkin

ELK Stack

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain backend systems for cloud-based cybersecurity solutions. The role focuses on distributed architectures for endpoint management and scalable microservices.

You will collaborate across teams to improve sensor telemetry, debuggability, and performance, while contributing to architectural best practices. This position supports telecommuting from anywhere in the United States.