Senior Windows Sensor Engineer – Detection & Security

CrowdStrike; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Comprehensive physical and mental well

Competitive vacation and holidays for

Paid parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

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Vibrant office culture with world‑clas

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Job summary

CrowdStrike in the United States is seeking a Sensor Engineer on the Windows Content Development team. You will design and implement detection technologies across Windows OS, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to extend Falcon Sensor capabilities and deliver production‑level solutions.

You will research threat techniques, reverse engineering, and telemetry workflows, using C/C++ and Python, with a focus on reliability, security, and performance in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment.

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 the fields of reverse engineering, threat detection, malware analysis, or related security topics.
• Low-level OS knowledge of Windows operating system 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

C/C++

reverse engineering

threat detection

malware analysis

Windows internals

team player

AI technologies

Tools

Python

Job description

CrowdStrike in the United States is seeking a Sensor Engineer on the Windows Content Development team. You will design and implement detection technologies across Windows OS, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to extend Falcon Sensor capabilities and deliver production‑level solutions.

You will research threat techniques, reverse engineering, and telemetry workflows, using C/C++ and Python, with a focus on reliability, security, and performance in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment.