Engineer III - Cloud (Remote)

#WeAreCrowdStrike and our mission is to stop breaches. As a global leader in cybersecurity, our team changed the game. Since our inception, our market leading cloud-native platform has offered unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing over 1 trillion events a day with a petabyte of RAM deployed in our Cassandra clusters - and this traffic is growing daily. We’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to developing and shaping our cybersecurity platform. Consistently recognized as a top workplace, CrowdStrike is committed to cultivating an inclusive, remote-first culture that offers people the autonomy and flexibility to balance the needs of work and life while taking their career to the next level. Interested in working for a company that sets the standard and leads with integrity? Join us on a mission that matters - one team, one fight.

About the Role:

You’ll be joining the Policy team in the Platform product group working on sensor configuration that drives much of our product line. We are both a product and internal service team, building features that are customer-facing as well as platforms and frameworks for internal engineering partner teams.

What You'll Do:

• Help lead and work on backend engineering efforts from rapid prototypes to large-scale applications across CrowdStrike products.

• Leverage and build cloud-based systems to detect targeted attacks and automate cyber threat intelligence at a global scale.

• Brainstorm, define, and build products and frameworks collaboratively with engineers and folks of all functions across multiple teams.

• Always be learning, raising the technical knowledge of the team, and considering the new technologies while balancing what’s most pragmatic.

• Be mentored by and mentor other developers on web, backend, data storage technologies, and our systems.

• Consistently re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance, testing, and stability.

• Be an energetic “self-starter” with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables and operational improvements.

• Use open-source software and give back to the open-source community.

What You’ll Need:

• Golang and a bit of Python

• K8s, Docker, Terraform, Spinnaker, & Kafka

• Elasticsearch, Cassandra, & Redis

• AWS

• Git, Jenkins, Slack

• A degree in Computer Science or comparable experience in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.

• Professional experience with at least one of the following programming languages: Golang, Python, C++, Java, and/or a willingness to learn and use Golang.

• Comfort and experience working within the constraints of existing software applications and architectures.

• The ability to scale backend systems, i.e. sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally.

• Practical experience building web services and data pipelines at scale, and building services within a microservices architecture.

• Experience with distributed systems and scalability challenges.

• Experience with multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.

• Team player with strong communication and documentation skills – we embrace collaborating as a team and sharing information to benefit the whole.

• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices such as appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, and resilient architecture.

• The ability to thrive in a test-driven, collaborative, and iterative programming environment.

• The skills to meet your commitments on time and produce high quality software that is fully tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.

Bonus Points:

• Existing exposure to Go, AWS, Kafka, Elasticsearch.

• Experience with different Agile methodologies and process improvements.

• Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

• Authored or led successful open source libraries and projects.

• Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blog posts, etc.).

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Bring your experience in distributed technologies and algorithms, your great API and systems design sensibilities, and your passion for writing code that performs at extreme scale. You will help build a platform that scales to millions of events per second and Terabytes of data per day. If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high scale, you’ve come to the right place.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements 

• Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits

• Physical and mental wellness programs

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration

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