Senior Windows Sensor Engineer — Detection & Protection (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellness programs

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Sensor Engineer for the Windows Content Development team based in a hybrid role. You will analyze and develop detection technologies across Windows OS versions, working on user-mode and kernel-mode components, observing system activity and delivering on-box prevention and telemetry to the Falcon Cloud.

The role emphasizes research and implementation, collaboration across teams, and ownership from design to production with a strong quality-first mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, developing and delivering high-quality Windows software in C/C++ or other low-level programming languages.
• Demonstrated experience or interest in reverse engineering, threat detection, malware analysis, or related security topics.
• Low-level OS knowledge of Windows internals, components, APIs, and design.
• Team player – able to lead, mentor, communicate, collaborate, and work effectively in a globally distributed team.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build detection logic and systems leveraged across teams within CrowdStrike to detect cyber attackers and stop breaches.
• Research techniques for detecting malicious activity, including some reverse engineering and/or big-data analysis.
• Leverage Domain-specific languages, C++, Python, and other tools as appropriate to extend Falcon Sensor capabilities.
• Build elegant, robust, and reliable solutions for complex technical problems.
• Own features from design to delivery, developing them into production-level solutions for deployment.
• Apply engineering best practices—secure coding, testing paradigms, debugging, performance, code reviews, CI/CD, and OS internals—to ensure our sensor code is fast and reliable.
• Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.
• Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ who champions for quality-first outcomes while being empowered to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a project team.
• Troubleshoot issues within the product when necessary, assisting customer support.

Skills

Windows C/C++

OS internals

Threat detection

Team collaboration

AI technologies

Tools

C++

Python

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Sensor Engineer for the Windows Content Development team based in a hybrid role. You will analyze and develop detection technologies across Windows OS versions, working on user-mode and kernel-mode components, observing system activity and delivering on-box prevention and telemetry to the Falcon Cloud.

The role emphasizes research and implementation, collaboration across teams, and ownership from design to production with a strong quality-first mindset.