Sr Engineer - Sensor SDET (Remote, IND)

CrowdStrike; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in cybersecurity is seeking a talented automation engineer to enhance testing frameworks and processes. This role involves designing and developing automation tools, managing CI/CD pipelines, and leading comprehensive testing across multiple platforms. You will work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and collaboration, ensuring the reliability and performance of systems. Join a mission-driven company that prioritizes employee growth and offers a remote-friendly culture, competitive compensation, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Your expertise will play a crucial role in shaping the future of cybersecurity.

Benefits

Remote-friendly work culture

Market leader in compensation

Comprehensive wellness programs

Competitive vacation and holidays

Paid parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Employee Resource Groups

Vibrant office culture

Great Place to Work Certified

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in programming, data structures, and algorithms.
• Strong debugging skills and experience in cross-platform testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automation frameworks for testing efficiency.
• Lead testing efforts across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.
• Mentor the automation team, fostering a high-performing culture.

Skills

Python

C++

Groovy

Bash

PowerShell

Networking

Debugging

Cross-platform testing

Computer security

Education

Computer Science Background

10+ years of experience

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Cassandra

Job description

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C* servers - and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Team overview:

Falcon For IT offers real-time asset visibility and AI-native automation for IT and security teams providing a unified view into security and IT, allowing to operate under the model of "Ask Answer Act" - ask any question about any asset, get answers back fast, and take decisive action.

About the Role:

• Efficient Automation and Tool Development.

• High quality testing results across multiple platforms.

• Thriving with responsibility, challenges and aggressive goals.

• Ability to communicate, collaborate and deliver.

• Increase and improve our automated test coverage.

• Lead and Mentor the automation team.

What You'll Do:

• Design, develop, extend, and maintain automation frameworks, tools and scripts to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of testing, with a particular focus on performance, stress and longevity testing.

• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for the automation and testing processes to optimize software development, testing and release workflows.

• Review engineering technical design documents and requirements. Provide plan and strategy on how and where to build in testability.

• Lead comprehensive testing efforts on all three major platforms—Windows, Mac and Linux – to ensure consistent and reliable performance across different operating systems.

• Contribute to existing tools, frameworks and related solutions.

• Collaborate with teams to expand the scope of test coverage.

• Leverage knowledge of cloud services and containerization to create and manage testing environments, ensuring they are efficient, scalable and aligned with best practices.

• Oversee testing for system reliability and scalability, ensuring that performance and quality standards are met and proactively identifying areas of improvement.

• Ability to create and maintain test infrastructure. Build the frameworks and packages required to implement automation.

• Mentor and lead the automation team, providing guidance, support and opportunities for growth, while fostering high-performing team culture.

What You'll Need:

• A computer science background or equivalent 10+ years of experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, etc.).

• Exposure in cross-platform testing to ensure consistent performance, reliability and scalability across different operating system.

• Experience with any/all of the following: Python, C++, Groovy, Bash, PowerShell.

• Proficient with Networking: protocols, distributed systems, layered architectures.

• Knowledge of cloud services and containerization technologies.

• Web Services: JSON, REST, RPC, XML, AWS EC2 & S3.

• Strong debugging skills: ability to spot design flaws, race conditions and performance bottlenecks in complex architectures.

• Prior application, OS, web browser or hardware compatibility testing.

• Computer and/or network security experience/understanding.

Bonus Points:

• Authored and/or lead successful open-source libraries and projects.

• Contributions to the open-source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).

• Exposure to Go, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch, GRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs

• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge

• Paid parental and adoption leaves

• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

• Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections

• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

• Great Place to Work Certified across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

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