Senior Engineer, Core Libraries for Sensor Platform

CrowdStrike; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer for the Core Libraries team. You will design and maintain the shared Windows, Linux, and macOS libraries the sensor relies on, ensuring high quality across platforms.

You will own end-to-end development, from design through production validation, and mentor junior engineers while improving testing and reliability in a fast-paced security platform environment.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in systems software engineering with hands-on C/C++ experience in low-level contexts.
• Experience reasoning about reliability and correctness for fleet-scale software.
• Cross-platform exposure across Windows, Linux, and macOS; ability to reason about portability and constraints.
• Solid design and problem-solving instincts; able to own ambiguous technical problems and drive to resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to convey complex topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for team offsites and in-person meetings.
• Proven experience leveraging AI technologies to enhance workflows and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Gather library requirements across teams, then design, implement, and test the resulting libraries.
• Take end-to-end ownership from design through production validation across Windows, Linux, and macOS; include testing and rollback narratives.
• Drive technical proposals and design reviews; provide substantive feedback to raise team standards.
• Represent technical position in cross-org planning; communicate tradeoffs and risks to engineering, product, and partners.
• Participate in planning; scope work, identify dependencies, and flag risks early.
• Mentor and grow junior engineers through feedback and collaborative reviews.
• Investigate production incidents and expand shared knowledge of failure modes at fleet scale.
• Champion improvements in end-to-end testing and validation for high-reliability components.

Skills

C/C++

Cross-platform

Design thinking

Writing/communication

Leadership/Influence

Testing/quality

Travel

AI technologies

Problem solving

Tools

Windows

Linux

macOS

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Systems Software Engineer for the Core Libraries team. You will design and maintain the shared Windows, Linux, and macOS libraries the sensor relies on, ensuring high quality across platforms.

You will own end-to-end development, from design through production validation, and mentor junior engineers while improving testing and reliability in a fast-paced security platform environment.