CrowdStrike · 7 hours ago
Sr. Software Engineer, Backend - Ingestion (Remote)
CrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, dedicated to stopping breaches with their advanced AI-native platform. The role involves managing network communications event traffic and working with large-scale distributed systems to enhance the company's mission.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesCloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork Security
Responsibilities
As a Major Initiative Lead you will have high autonomy with high expectations, often serving as a guiding hand in designing things like proprietary Cloud Protocol(s), and working closely with Falcon Sensor teams for each of the platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
Your details-oriented mindset and performance focus will allow CrowdStrike to scale into the future
If you want a job that makes a difference in the world and operates at high-scale, you’ve come to the right place
Qualification
Required
Degree in Computer Science (or commensurate experience in data structures/algorithms/distributed systems)
Over 7 years' experience in a full-time backend software development role
Ample experience building high volume services and systems for a cloud-delivered SaaS product
Solid grounding in the technology of at least one cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
The ability to scale backend systems – sharding, partitioning, scaling horizontally are second nature to you
The ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint system failures across a pipeline of services
The desire to ship code and the love of seeing your bits run in production
Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges, multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
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
Ability to brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams
Solid design and problem solving skills with demonstrated passion for engineering excellence, quality, security and performance
Strong cross-group collaboration and interpersonal communication skills working with a variety of roles; including engineering, product management, support and sales engineering
Preferred
Industry experience in implementing web servers and load balancers
Authored and lead successful open source libraries and projects
Contributions to the open source community (GitHub, Stack Overflow, blogging)
Existing exposure to Go, Scala, AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch…
Prior experience in the cybersecurity or intelligence fields
Benefits
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
Health insurance
401k
Paid time off
Company
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides cloud-delivered protection for cloud workloads, identity, and data.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.24BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementAccelCapitalG
2022-12-01Post Ipo Equity· $4.6M
2021-01-12Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2019-06-12IPO
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