Senior Windows Sensor Engineer: Threat Detection

CrowdStrike; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellness programs

Parental/adoption leave

Professional development

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Windows Sensor Engineer to join the Content Development team. You will design detection logic and contribute to Falcon Sensor components on Windows, applying reverse engineering and OS internals knowledge to stop breaches.

Work in a hybrid model across multiple US offices, including Austin, with a focus on production-quality software, secure coding, and collaboration across globally distributed teams.

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.

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.
• 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.

Skills

C/C++ development

Windows internals

AI technologies

Team collaboration

Reverse engineering

Python

Tools

C/C++

Python

Job description

CrowdStrike is seeking a Senior Windows Sensor Engineer to join the Content Development team. You will design detection logic and contribute to Falcon Sensor components on Windows, applying reverse engineering and OS internals knowledge to stop breaches.

Work in a hybrid model across multiple US offices, including Austin, with a focus on production-quality software, secure coding, and collaboration across globally distributed teams.