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About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Backend Engineer III to join the CDE Platform team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and scaling the foundational services that orchestrate data, content, and execution logic across CrowdStrike’s products. You will be a key driver in creating a highly performant, scalable, and resilient platform that processes internet-scale data streams and enables real-time detection generation.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of core platform services that ingest, process, and route security events from different sources to various execution contexts.
Drive the architecture for the Detection Content Management Platform (DCMP/CMS), creating advanced CI/CD and DevOps tooling to enable content authors to treat detections as code.
Develop highly scalable and fault-tolerant microservices, leveraging languages like Go and technologies such as Kubernetes, Flink, and distributed databases.
Contribute to the evolution of the Unified Detections Management (UDM) system, ensuring a consistent and comprehensive detection experience for all customers.
Serve as a technical leader, mentoring mid-level and senior engineers, and driving cross-functional alignment on complex technical challenges.
Architect and implement features related to cross-cutting concerns like Policy, Flight Control, and Observability, ensuring platform stability and operational excellence.
Collaborate closely with Product Management and other engineering teams to translate strategic vision into well-defined, executable technical roadmaps.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems and internet-scale challenges.
Deep expertise in one or more modern programming languages (Go preferred).
Proven track record of architecting and delivering critical, highly available, and scalable platform services in a cloud environment (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
Extensive experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) and distributed computing concepts.
Strong understanding of cybersecurity or SIEM principles, data models, and content/rule authoring lifecycles is a significant plus.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience in a Staff-level role, driving multi-quarter initiatives, and influencing technical direction across multiple teams.

Skills

Go (Golang)
Java8
Python
git
Cassandra
Kafka
OpenSearch
Postgres
Redis
AWS Cloud
Kubernetes
Flink
RocksDB
query languages
runtime environments
low-latency, real-time event processing
pattern matching

Location

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Backend Engineer III
Staff-level

Salary/Compensations

$120,000 - $180,000 per year

Benefits

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
eligibility for bonuses
equity grants
comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off

About the Company

Global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations.
Mission: stop breaches, redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform.
Work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.
Customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward.
Mission-driven company with a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers.
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.
The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
The CrowdStrike Detection Engine (CDE) team is building a powerful, next-generation platform designed to be a force multiplier for security teams.
Our platform empowers customers who leverage multiple Falcon products to create and manage advanced, unified detections and content.
This core platform capability is a strategic imperative for CrowdStrike, aiming to provide a competitive advantage that is difficult to replicate, ensuring our customers have unparalleled detection and response capabilities across the entire Falcon ecosystem.
Founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world’s leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware-based defenses.
Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware.
Falcon has redefined endpoint protection.
We stop breaches.

Equal Opportunity

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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