Sr. Software Engineer II, Cloud/Backend - SCP (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Wellness programs

Vacation & holidays

Job summary

CrowdStrike seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer II to join the Sensor Foundations team. You will help build cloud-side detections processing and evolve real-time endpoint-to-cloud communications, primarily in Go, with mentoring and cross-team collaboration.

The role emphasizes scalable, secure cloud architectures, learning, and applying AI-driven approaches to improve security workflows. A strong candidate has 8+ years on backend systems and a CS background.

Qualifications

• Requires a computer science background or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience building and scaling back-end systems in production.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, OCI) and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Leverage and build cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks at a global scale.
• Design and build with multiple teams across the company.
• Mentor and help fellow engineers grow.
• Deliver and accept feedback professionally.
• Build elegant solutions in Go and other languages.
• Read and understand code in Go, Python, and shell scripts.
• Apply best practices for testing, reviews, logging, and resilient architecture.
• Own deliverables and take leadership when needed.
• Utilize AI technologies to enhance decision-making and efficiency.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

Python

Java

C++

Cloud services

Team player

Self-starter

Education

CS background or equivalent

Tools

Cassandra

Kafka

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Redis/ValKey

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 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 proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. 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.

About the Role:

Crowdstrike is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer II to join our growing Sensor Foundations team. The cloud side of the Sensor Foundations team works in conjunction with on-endpoint code to detect security problems and incidents, automatically stop adversaries in their tracks, and provide actionable data to customers. We process massive amounts of data, distilling it down to the elements that customers need to see. We also provide tools and services that allow other product teams at Crowdstrike to rapidly develop and deploy new functionality. Sensor Control Plane is involved across the entire product line and you’ll work closely with other groups across the company.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer II in the Sensor Control Plane Cloud Detections team, you’ll help us build the next generation of cloud-side detections processing. This may include evolving our near-real-time endpoint-to-cloud communications, or integrating with new machine-learning models. You’ll be thinking about how to build high-quality systems that scale cleanly and reliably, and then implementing those ideas primarily in Go. Prior experience with Go is not required, but will be helpful.

CrowdStrike is a computer security company, but we do not require candidates for this role to have prior security industry experience. We will mentor and train in security topics as needed. We do expect a strong interest in CrowdStrike’s mission and a willingness to engage with the needs of our product teams and customers.

Location:

• This is a hybrid role based out of our office in either Sunnyvale, CA or Redmond, WA with the expectation of at least 2 days in office per week.

What You’ll Do:

• Leveraging and building cloud based systems to detect targeted attacks at a global scale.
• Brainstorming, designing, and building collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
• Mentoring and helping your fellow Crowdstrike engineers grow.
• Delivering and accepting feedback with grace and courtesy.
• Building elegant solutions for complex technical problems in Go.
• Reading code in the multiple programming languages in use in our environment (Go, Python, Unix shell, among others).
• Focusing on continual learning, raising the bar for both yourself and your teammates.
• Leveraging our understanding of engineering best practices, including topics like appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, and resilient architecture patterns, to ensure that our code is clean.
• Being an energetic 'self-starter' with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables, both individually and when leading a team.
• Proven experience utilizingAItechnologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

What You’ll Have:

• Must be eligible for CJIS clearance (requires either U.S. citizenship or Green Card/permanent resident status).
• A computer science background or equivalent experience (programming styles, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, etc.)
• 8+ years of experience building and scaling back-end systems in production.
• Team player skills – we embrace collaboration.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
• Understanding of Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch/Opensearch, and Redis/Valkey.
• Prior experience with any of: Go, Scala, Python, Java, C#, or C++
• Prior experience with cloud services, such as AWS, GCP, or OCI, particularly compute and storage offerings.
• Prior experience with Apache Flink or other similar stream processing systems is a plus
• Experience developing and deploying into Linux.

If you have some but not all of the qualifications, but bring a passion for cybersecurity, we’d like to talk.

Bonus Points:

• Computer and/or network security experience.
• Prior implementation experience with Go and Python.
• Prior experience working within scalable microservices architectures.
• Prior experience with containerization and container orchestration technology such as docker and Kubernetes.

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This role will require the candidate to periodically undergo and pass additional background and fingerprint check(s) consistent with government customer requirements.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• 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 Networks, geographic neighborhood 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.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions-including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, terminations and social/recreational programs-on valid job requirements.

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