Backend Engineer III (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’re looking for people with limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to the customer to join us in shaping the future of cybersecurity. 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:

We are looking to hire a cloud engineer, part of our platform team, that will be focused on helping develop core orchestration and workflow capabilities that will be used by our customers and internal product groups to expedite application development. Your passion and meticulous attention to performance, reliability and scalability will be key ingredients to your success here at CrowdStrike.

The team has one of the most critical roles to play in ensuring our products are best-in-class in the industry. You will interact with product managers and other engineers in building both internal and external facing services.

What You'll Do:

• Help design, build, and maintain key backend services / orchestration layer of platform that will be used by our customers and internal developers

• Design and build highly scalable and resilient distributed systems 

• Work with industry-leading technologies like Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis and more

• Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects

• Troubleshoot critical production issues and implement solutions

What You'll Need:

• Experienced building streaming platforms at scale (Note: We process over a trillion events per day)

• 4+ years of relevant work experience building backend software with SaaS delivery model

• 2+ years of recent experience building a microservices-oriented architecture

• Expert knowledge of any of the following backend languages: Go, Scala, Java or node.js

• Proven expertise in building distributed systems, micro services, REST APIs

• Production experience with commercial clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience

• Familiarity with CI/CD and reporting tools - source code control (Git), Jenkins, metrics/log monitoring tools like Grafana, Splunk

• Experience developing applications using SQL and No-SQL databases

Bonus Points:

• Contributed to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field

• Golang experience

• Prior experience with cybersecurity

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Remote-first culture

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards with option to participate in ESPP in eligible countries

• Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

• Physical and mental wellness programs 

• Paid parental leave, including adoption 

• A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities

• Access to CrowdStrike University, LinkedIn Learning and Jhanna

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

• Birthday time-off in your local country

• Work with people who are passionate in our mission and Great Place to Work certified across the globe