Senior SDET: AI Detection & Response at Scale

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

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation & equity

Wellness programs

Generous vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Vibrant office culture

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Software Developer in Test (SDET) to own end-to-end quality for the AI Detection and Response (AIDR) platform. You’ll build test tooling, validate cloud and UI components, and scale testing for millions of events per second across a global SaaS service.

The role is hybrid with 2–3 days on-site in Sunnyvale, CA, and offers opportunities to advance testing culture, improve observability, and drive security-focused quality across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as an SDET or Backend/UI Developer (combined).
• 3+ years building testing frameworks and tooling for a Cloud SaaS product or similar SOA.
• Experience contributing to or defining testing strategy at a team or organizational level.
• Strong debugging skills and ability to identify race conditions and performance bottlenecks.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end validation of AIDR services across cloud backend and UI layers.
• Build and own AIDR-specific test tooling and frameworks.
• Define and drive testing strategies across functional, performance, contract, and chaos testing.
• Increase automated test coverage for backend services and UI applications.
• Mentor engineers on testing methodologies and secure coding practices.

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking an experienced Software Developer in Test (SDET) to own end-to-end quality for the AI Detection and Response (AIDR) platform. You’ll build test tooling, validate cloud and UI components, and scale testing for millions of events per second across a global SaaS service.

The role is hybrid with 2–3 days on-site in Sunnyvale, CA, and offers opportunities to advance testing culture, improve observability, and drive security-focused quality across engineering teams.