About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated backend engineer to join the CDE Platform team. You will design, build, and scale foundational services that orchestrate data, content, and execution logic across CrowdStrike's products. This role is key to creating a high-performance, scalable, and resilient platform for real-time detection generation.
Responsibilities
- Lead 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 production at a global scale.
- Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
- Champion the newest technologies and tricks, raising the technical IQ of the team.
- Be mentored and mentor other developers on web, backend, and data storage technologies and our system.
- Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance, and stability.
- Own your work in a high trust environment.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science or professional experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems.
- Understanding of scalability and distributed systems (e.g., sharding, partitioning, concurrency).
- Team player.
- Thorough understanding of engineering best practices, including testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, and resilient architecture.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative, and iterative programming environment.
- Skills to meet commitments on time and produce high-quality software that is unit tested, code reviewed, and checked in regularly for continuous integration.
- Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and drive business outcomes.
Skills
- Go (Golang)
- C++
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Kubernetes
- Kafka
- GIT
- Cassandra
- Docker
- Redis
- AI technologies
Location
- Global
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Computer Science Degree
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
About the Company
- Global leader in cybersecurity, protecting people, processes, and technologies.
- Mission: Stop breaches, redefining modern security with an AI-native platform.
- Processes almost 3 trillion events per day with growing traffic.
- Customers span all industries, relying on CrowdStrike for business continuity and safety.
- Mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform work.
- CrowdStrikers drive careers through flexibility and autonomy.
- Culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.
- Uses an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier for execution, expertise, insights, and problem-solving.
- Founded in 2011 to address the limitations of malware-based defenses with a new approach combining advanced endpoint protection and expert intelligence.
- Falcon has redefined endpoint protection; CrowdStrike stops breaches.
Equal Opportunity
- CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- Committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued and empowered to succeed.
- Supports veterans and individuals with disabilities through affirmative action.
- Provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants.
- Does not discriminate 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.
- Bases all employment decisions on valid job requirements.
- Provides assistance for those needing help accessing information or submitting applications, or requesting accommodations by contacting recruiting@crowdstrike.com.
