Sr. Engineering Manager - SRE (Remote, US)

CrowdStrike, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior SRE Manager to build high-performing engineering teams and drive platform resiliency. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience and strong leadership skills. This role is remote-friendly and offers competitive benefits including comprehensive wellness programs and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Comprehensive wellness programs

Competitive vacation and holidays

Paid parental and adoption leaves

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven track record of building and retaining high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills.
• Experience leading distributed teams in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop cohesive, high-performing teams.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration to enhance system resilience.
• Establish strong relationships with peer leaders.
• Guide architectural decisions impacting reliability and scalability.

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is a global leader in cybersecurity, protecting 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, 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.

About the Role:

At CrowdStrike, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is fundamental to the reliability and scalability of our cloud-native security platform. We're now launching a new offshoot from our Core SRE group that will embed into specific product arms and further help us scale CrowdStrike's infrastructure and products to handle massive growth in traffic and data.

As a Senior SRE Manager, you'll build and lead high-performing engineering teams, while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. You'll work across organizational boundaries to drive platform resiliency and partner with peer leaders and executives to align strategic initiatives and technical directions.

What You'll Do:

Key Leadership Responsibilities:

• Build and develop cohesive, high-performing teams through mentorship, coaching, and career development
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between SRE, Development, Security, and Operations teams to enhance system resilience
• Partner with executive leadership to define and execute strategic reliability initiatives
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with peer leaders to ensure alignment on technical direction and operational priorities
• Lead organizational change management efforts to improve processes and drive engineering excellence

Technical Responsibilities:

• Guide architectural decisions that impact system reliability and scalability
• Drive adoption of SRE best practices across multiple teams
• Oversee implementation of reliability metrics and SLOs
• Champion automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives

What You'll Need:

• Proven track record of building, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering teams
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in leadership roles
• Demonstrated success in working across organizational boundaries to drive complex technical initiatives
• Solid design and problem-solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security, and performance
• Strong executive presence and communication skills for effective partnership with senior leadership
• Experience leading distributed teams in a remote-first environment
• Proficiency in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI)
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and reliability engineering principles
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

Bonus Points:

• Strategic thinking and ability to translate business objectives into technical roadmaps
• Excellence in stakeholder management and executive communication
• Track record of successful cross-functional collaboration
• Strong change management and organizational development skills
• Ability to build consensus and drive decisions across multiple teams

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.

Benefits of working at CrowdStrike include remote-friendly and flexible work culture, market leader in compensation and equity awards, comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs, competitive vacation and holidays, paid parental and adoption leaves, professional development opportunities, and more.

CrowdStrike participates in the E-Verify program and is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.