CrowdStrike · 9 hours ago
Sr. Engineer, SDET - AI Detection and Response (AIDR) (Hybrid)
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $215K/yr
10+ years expCrowdStrike is a global leader in cybersecurity, dedicated to stopping breaches with its advanced AI-native platform. The role involves working closely with engineering teams to expand test coverage and modernize test infrastructure, ensuring reliability and performance in AI security controls.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud Data ServicesCloud SecurityCyber SecurityNetwork Security
Responsibilities
Design and implement contract testing framework to verify API contracts between various system components
Contribute comprehensive test strategies spanning unit, integration, contract testing layers
Establish testing patterns and best practices for AI-powered detection capabilities and models efficacy
Develop comprehensive E2E test scenarios covering multi-collector deployments and policy enforcement workflows
Implement quality telemetry through observability with detailed reporting
Create metrics dashboards, and alerting
Work with SRE and developers to create playbooks and support documentation
Qualification
Required
10+ years combined software development and test automation experience with a proven track record of establishing quality frameworks and delivering reliable, scalable test coverage for enterprise-grade cloud SaaS products at scale
Experience building testing frameworks and tooling for Cloud SaaS products
Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms, data structures, distributed systems)
Expertise at programming languages: Python, Go, Javascript
Deep understanding of: Cloud architectures and microservices
Web Services: REST, gRPC, Protocol Buffers or similar API technologies
Data storage systems: PostgreSQL, Redis or similar databases
Container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and testing in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Strong debugging skills with ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud performance testing and monitoring tools (e.g., JMeter, Gatling, New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana)
Performance and Scale Testing
Efficacy Testing
Test Data Set generation (synthetic or AI generated)
Exposure using LLMs
Preferred
Experience testing AI/ML systems, LLM applications, or prompt engineering security
Performance testing experience with large-scale SaaS products handling high throughput, concurrent users, and distributed architectures
Familiarity with ML development lifecycle, model training, evaluation, and deployment
Hands-on experience with AI efficacy testing, adversarial testing, or red teaming
Experience with browser extension testing frameworks
Background in API gateway testing (Kong, Envoy, LiteLLM, etc.)
Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or agentic AI systems
Experience scaling test infrastructure to support hundreds of engineers
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
Company
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology firm that provides cloud-delivered protection for cloud workloads, identity, and data.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.24BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementAccel,General Atlantic,IVPAccel
2022-12-01Post Ipo Equity· $4.6M
2021-01-12Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2019-06-12IPO
Leadership Team
George Kurtz
President / CEO & Founder
Zeki Turedi
Field CTO Europe
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