Sr. Backend Engineer, Cloud - Metadata Abstraction and Command Engine (US, Remote)

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.

About the Role:

We are building the next generation of our UX foundation for CrowdStrike's platform called Kestrel, to be powered by new backend features to help customers 'Stop the Breach' by unifying data across security domains, streamlining access to the most important security information, and allow users to more effectively personalize their user experience by role. You will play a key role in innovating, building and maintaining critical backend features in support of the Kestrel platform, offering Semantic Data Modeling, Auth (RBAC + FGA) and Custom API Design & Development to power the logic behind this new platform.

This is a 'purely backend' software development role that works to enable hundreds of our UX Engineers spread across dozens of feature teams to build the experience customers need to keep pace with and respond to adversaries by leveraging the power of the CrowdStrike platform in the most effective manner for their respective teams. You will be working with multiple backend teams, core service teams, and UI + backend feature teams to bring this new feature to life.

If this sounds like the challenge for you and you have the experience + technical skills that reflect your readiness, submit your resume and let's have a conversation.

This position is open for US Remote applicants.

 
What You’ll Do:

• Design, develop, document, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale services.

• Take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.

• Triage system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on service operations.

• Mentor other engineers on web and backend engineers on use of our  feature services.

• Constantly re-evaluate our products to improve architecture, testing coverage, knowledge models, user experience, performance, observability and stability.

• Partner with product teams in understanding their needs, work with PM to document the new requirements, and implement those new features within our feature services

What You’ll Use:

• Go(Golang)

• Python

• GIT

• Cassandra

• Kafka

• OpenSearch

• Kubernetes

• Postgres

• Redis

• AWS Cloud

What You’ll Need:

• At 'least' 7 years (average exp: 10-15 yrs) experience building backend scalable services and systems, including 3+ recent years working in an SOA in support of a SaaS or SaaS-like product architecture

• Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).

• The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.

• The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production.

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.

• Team player skills – we embrace collaborating as a team as much as possible.

• A thorough understanding of engineering best practices from appropriate testing paradigms to effective peer code reviews and resilient architecture.

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

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

Bonus Points:

• Existing exposure to Go,AWS, Kubernetes, Cassandra, Kafka, OpenSearch.

• Experience working on security products.

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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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