Senior Cloud Engineer - AI-Driven Risk Analytics

CrowdStrike; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market leader compensation and equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation and holidays

Parental/adoption leaves

Professional development

Employee networks

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a senior backend architect to design and deliver scalable services that analyze massive data streams and provide actionable security insights. You will lead backend development using Golang and Python, build robust REST APIs, and optimize performance across cloud environments.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration across UX/UI, data, and security teams, and hands-on ownership of end-to-end product delivery in a hybrid setting with 2–3 days in office in Sunnyvale,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8–10 years of production experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Go and Python and REST API design.
• Experience with cloud providers and AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services powering internal and customer-facing apps.
• Develop tools, APIs, and automation to improve platform usability and reliability.
• Architect data pipelines, monitoring, and real-time analytics infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Ensure service reliability and incident response in production environments.
• Drive architectural improvements and performance optimizations.

Skills

Distributed systems

Golang

Python

REST APIs

AWS

AI in decision-making

Mentoring

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Spark

Flink

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Graph databases

Cassandra

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a senior backend architect to design and deliver scalable services that analyze massive data streams and provide actionable security insights. You will lead backend development using Golang and Python, build robust REST APIs, and optimize performance across cloud environments.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration across UX/UI, data, and security teams, and hands-on ownership of end-to-end product delivery in a hybrid setting with 2–3 days in office in Sunnyvale,