Full-Time

Sr. Software Engineer

Cloud Platform Reliability

Updated on 2/4/2025

Crowdstrike

Crowdstrike

5,001-10,000 employees

Cloud-native endpoint security solutions provider

Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$135k - $215kAnnually

+ Variable Compensation + Incentive Compensation + Equity

Senior, Expert

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Category
Backend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Kotlin
Python
Node.js
Java
Microservices
AWS
Go
Scala

You match the following Crowdstrike's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • United States Citizenship OR Permanent Residency is necessary to retain access to resources in AWS GovCloud (NO Clearance necessary)
  • 7+ years of full-time experience in a service-oriented backend developer role
  • 5+ years developing microservices for a SaaS product, in one of the following object-oriented languages: Golang, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Python, Node.js.
  • Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems).
  • Expert-level knowledge of Golang
  • The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges.
  • Deep understand multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies.
  • 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.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain services to meet reliability and scalability demands.
  • Develop and enhancement monitoring services.
  • Extend and build new libraries for cross-cutting concerns that comprise/extend to the entirety of CrowdStrike's cloud platform, which consists of hundreds of libraries and services.
  • Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, knowledge models, user experience, performance and stability.
  • Use and give back to the open source community.
  • Evangelize best practices for building software, especially as pertains to Go.
  • Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
  • Obsess about learning, and champion the newest technologies & tricks with others, raising the technical IQ of the team.
  • Mentor other developers on web, backend and data storage technologies and our system.
  • Update OSS dependencies as needed.
  • Be mentored and mentor other developers on web security, authentication and authorization strategies.
  • Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverable.
Desired Qualifications
  • Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging).
  • Existing exposure to Go, Java, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch, etc.
  • Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

CrowdStrike specializes in cybersecurity, focusing on protecting businesses from cyber threats through cloud-native endpoint security solutions. Their main product, the Falcon platform, includes services like Falcon Pro, which replaces traditional antivirus with next-generation antivirus that integrates threat intelligence, Falcon Insight for endpoint detection and response, and Falcon Device Control to manage connected devices. CrowdStrike serves a diverse clientele, including many Fortune 100 companies, and operates on a subscription-based model, offering various service levels and premium options like proactive threat hunting. The company is recognized as a leader in the cybersecurity industry, noted for its effectiveness in threat detection and endpoint security.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$468M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2011

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-1%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Partnership with Cognizant enhances CrowdStrike's market reach and AI-native security solutions.
  • Recovery of $30 billion in market value demonstrates resilience and crisis management.
  • Participation in Davos positions CrowdStrike as a global cybersecurity thought leader.

What critics are saying

  • Rapid advancement of AI-powered cyber attacks challenges CrowdStrike's endpoint security solutions.
  • Increasing cloud exploitation cases test CrowdStrike's ability to protect against sophisticated attacks.
  • Major tech outage highlights risk of operational failures impacting reputation and stability.

What makes Crowdstrike unique

  • CrowdStrike's Falcon platform offers cloud-native endpoint security solutions, setting it apart from competitors.
  • The company serves 44 of the Fortune 100, showcasing its strong market presence.
  • CrowdStrike's proactive threat hunting services provide advanced threat detection capabilities.

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Benefits

Competitive Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Remote-friendly culture

Market leader in compensation and equity awards

Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive health benefits + 401k plan

Paid Parental Leave, including adoption

Wellness programs

Professional development and mentorship opportunities

Open offices have stocked kitchens, coffee, soda and treats