Senior SRE: Core Platform & Embedded Reliability

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-leading compensation

Equity opportunities

Hybrid work model

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CrowdStrike in New York is seeking a Principal SRE to operate at the intersection of Core Platform and Embedded Reliability, building foundational libraries and tooling, while partnering with product engineering to drive reliability at scale.

This hands-on role includes re-architecting critical systems, expanding observability, and leading initiatives across cloud providers. You will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems and service-oriented backends at scale.
• 5+ years developing microservices for a SaaS product in a modern backend language (Go, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Python, Node.js).
• Expert-level proficiency in at least one programming language, with expert-level Go or demonstrated ability to reach expert level in Go.

Responsibilities

• Pair with engineering leadership to define and drive multi-year reliability roadmaps.
• Design and implement architectural improvements to services, libraries, and platforms that impact multiple product groups.
• Develop and maintain services that meet aggressive reliability and scalability demands.
• Lead reliability, scalability, performance, and cost optimization initiatives in large-scale distributed systems.
• Establish foundational observability practices and drive automation like continuous delivery.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

Go

Kubernetes

AWS

Kafka

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Multi-threading

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

CrowdStrike in New York is seeking a Principal SRE to operate at the intersection of Core Platform and Embedded Reliability, building foundational libraries and tooling, while partnering with product engineering to drive reliability at scale.

This hands-on role includes re-architecting critical systems, expanding observability, and leading initiatives across cloud providers. You will shape architecture, mentor engineers, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.