Senior Cloud SDET Engineer - Platform (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Health insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Professional development

Job summary

CrowdStrike is hiring an Engineer III, Cloud SDET - Platform in Sunnyvale. You will design scalable test automation for distributed cloud services, focusing on authentication and authorization. The role requires deep expertise in cloud, microservices, and security testing, with a strong emphasis on automation and reliability.

The position is hybrid, with 2-3 on-site days per week. We value AI-driven testing, collaboration across teams, and delivering robust quality at scale in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 6+ years in SDET or backend development
• 3+ years building testing frameworks for Cloud SaaS
• Proficient in at least one modern language (Go, Python, Java, C++, JS/TS)
• Experience with cloud architectures, REST/gRPC, and data stores
• Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD and cloud monitoring tools
• Experience applying AI to testing and automation

Responsibilities

• Design scalable test automation frameworks for distributed cloud systems
• Develop test strategies for security-critical features and scale
• Review designs for testability, security, and edge cases
• Create cloud-based test infra simulating real deployments
• Build tools for testing agent-cloud interactions and data pipelines
• Lead root-cause analysis for production issues and automate regression tests
• Mentor teammates on best practices and secure testing approaches

Skills

SDET experience

Cloud testing

Go

Python

Java

JavaScript/TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Distributed systems

REST/gRPC

AI technologies

Tools

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Redis

JMeter

Gatling

New Relic

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Kafka

Job description

CrowdStrike is hiring an Engineer III, Cloud SDET - Platform in Sunnyvale. You will design scalable test automation for distributed cloud services, focusing on authentication and authorization. The role requires deep expertise in cloud, microservices, and security testing, with a strong emphasis on automation and reliability.

The position is hybrid, with 2-3 on-site days per week. We value AI-driven testing, collaboration across teams, and delivering robust quality at scale in a fast-paced